relating to the sidereal part of the Heavens, 255 
IV, 45. “ A. star of about the 9th magnitude has a pretty 
strong milky nebulosity equally dispersed all around it/' 
IV, 69 is A star of about the 8th magnitude with a faint 
‘‘ luminous atmosphere of a circular form of about 3 minutes 
“ in diameter ; the star is perfectly in the center, and the at- 
mosphere is so diluted, faint, and equal throughout, tliat 
‘‘ there can be no surmise of its consisting of stars, nor can 
“ there be a doubt of the evident connection between the 
atmosphere and the star/' See fig. 8. 
Among the thirteen objects referred to, there are many so 
variously constructed as to prove not only that nebulous stars 
are intimately connected with a nebulosity, which from its 
great regularity might be taken for an atmosphere, but also 
with the luminous appearances, which have been described as 
belonging to the nebulous matter that is so widely expanded 
over various regions of the starry heavens. For instance, in 
IV, 45. 38. 65 and 69 the stars are perfectly central, which 
proves that the chevelure is connected with them. In IV, 3b. 
71 and 74 the nebulosity is likewise attached to the stars, but 
their nebulosity is more irregularly and extensively expanded, 
so as to resemble the general mass of nebulous matter. 
What has been said of the gradual condensation of the ne- 
bulous matter in the case of extended nebula, is supported by 
a much greater number of nebulosities of a spherical form. 
The different gradations of their condensation are pointed out 
in the same paper from page 301 to 308; and contain 322 
cases in which the fact of the gradual condensation is rendered 
so evident as not to admit of a doubt. Then, if instead of the 
last 13 globular nebula, page 309, each of which has a nu- 
cleus in the middle, we now look at our 13 stars, each of 
