on Nebulous Stars • 79 
It mull appear lingular, thatfuchan objeCt fhould not have 
immediately fuggefted all the remarks contained in this Paper; 
but about things that appear new we ought not to form opinions 
too haftily, and my obfervations on the conftruCtion of the 
heavens were then but entered upon. In this cafe, therefore, 
it was the fafeft way to lay down a rule not to reafon upon the 
phaenomena that might offer themfelves, till I (hould be in 
poffeffion of a fufficient flock of materials to guide my re- 
fearches. 
October 16, 1784. A fmall f ar of about the nth or 12 th 
magnitude , very faintly affeffied with milky nebulofity ; other fars 
of the fame magnitude are perfectly free from this appearance . 
Another obfervation mentions 5 or 6 fmall fars within the fpace 
of % or 4% all very faintly affetted in the fame manner , and the 
nebu lofty fufpecied to be a little fronger about each far . But a 
third obfervation rather oppofes this increafe of the faintly 
luminous appearance (a). 
Here the connexion between the liars and the nebulofity is 
not fo evident as to amount to conviction 1 for which reafon 
we (hall pafs on to the next. 
January the 6th, 1785. A bright far with a cmfderable 
milky chevelure ; a little extended , 4 or f in length , and near 4/ 
broad ; it lofes itfelf infenfbly. Other fars of equal magnitude 
are perfectly fre£ from this chevelure (V). 
The connection between the ftar and the chevelure cannot 
be doubted, from the infenfible gradation of its luminous 
appearance, decreafmg as it receded from the center. 
(0 5 3° S3’ 9 a 31* 
January 
