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the determination of the place is generally taken from the laft 
ftbfervation, on account of the more perfedl flate of the telefcope. 
The ninth column, or remaining fpace, contains the de- 
fcription of the nebulae, by means of fingle letters, or now 
and then a few words added to them. 
The abbreviations are to be underflood as follows* 
B. Bright, 
F. Faint 
L. Large. 
S. Small. 
Of thefe letters I 
v. very, 
c. confiderably. 
p. pretty, 
e. extremely. 
have compofed vB. cB. pB. pF. vF. eF. 
vL. pL. pS. vS. eS. ; all which require no farther explanation. 
R. Round. 1 . a little. 
E. Extended. i. irregularly. 
M. in the middle. g. gradually, 
b. brighter. f. fuddenly. 
m. much. 
When thefe are joined we have iR. mE. IE. bM. gbM. fbM. 
mbM, IbM. glbM* gmbM. fmbM., and by taking in fome of 
the former letters BM. vBM. cBM. ; where no other remark 
will be neceflary than that writing for inftance bM, or brighter 
in the middle, it is intended to exprefs, that a nebula, which 
is faint at the borders, is lefs fo towards the middle. And 
thefe degrees of brightnefs happening fometimes to be fo well 
united from the mofl imperceptible border to a very luminous 
center, I have, on fuch occafions, ufed the expreffion vgmbM, 
or very gradually much brighter in the middle, 
r. refolvable. m. milky, 
er. (joined) eafily refolvable, 
iF. (joined) of an irregular figure. 
C. Cometic, or refembling a telefcopic comet. 
p P p 2 
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