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on the singular Figure of the Planet Saturn, 
F The most northern belt comes up to the place where the 
ring of Saturn passes behind the body, but the belt is bent in a 
contrary direction being concave to the north-, on account of 
its crossing the body on the side turned towards us, and the 
north pole being in view. 
There is a very dark, but narrow shadow of the body upon 
the following part of the ring, which as it were cuts off the 
ring from the body. 
The shadow of the ring on the body, which I see south of 
the ring, grows a little broader on both sides near the margin 
of the disk. 
The division between the two rings is dark, like the vacant 
space between the ansae, but not black like the shadow I have 
described. 
There are four satellites on the preceding side near the ring; 
the largest and another are north-preceding ; the other two 
are nearly preceding. 
April 19. I viewed the planet Saturn with a new 7-feet 
telescope, both mirrors of which are very perfect. I saw all 
the phenomena as described last night, except the satellites, 
which had changed their situation ; four of them being on the 
following side. This telescope however is not equal to the 10- 
feet one. 
The remarkable figure of Saturn admits of no doubt : when 
our particular attention is once drawn to an object, we see 
things at first sight that would otherwise have escaped our 
notice. 
10-feet reflector, power 400. The night is beautifully clear, 
and the planet near the meridian. The figure of Saturn is 
somewhat like a square or rather parallelogram, with the four 
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