relating to the Construction of the Heavens. 327 
II. *110 is “ A very bright small stellar nebula or star 
“ with a bur all-around/' Fig. 40. 
This star with a bur is probably one that was formerly a 
planetary nebula with a pretty strong haziness on the borders. 
II. 603 is “ A pretty bright stellar nebula, or a pretty consi- 
derable star with a very faint chevelure/' Fig. 41. 
This may have been a planetary nebula with a faint hazi- 
ness about the margin. 
IV. 46 is “ A very small pretty bright, or considerably 
“ bright stellar nebula, like a star with burs.” 
It may have been a pretty well defined planetary nebula. 
If it should be deemed singular that we have not a greater 
number of bright stellar nebulae, I must remark that, if the 
stellar is a succession of the planetary state, the number of 
bright stellar is sufficiently proportionable to that of the 
planetary nebulae; and as the faint nebulae are far more nu- 
merous’ than the bright ones, so it will be seen by the 
references in the two next assortments, that in proportion as 
brightness decreases, we have a much more copious collection 
of stellar nebulae.* 
II. 663 is “ A pretty bright very small stellar nebula.” 
This nebula and the rest of them, which are all of the same 
description, must be looked upon as condensations of distant 
nebulae that had nuclei, or were nearly about the planetary 
condition.-f 
* See Second assortment containing eleven stellar nebuhe of the next degree oj' 
brightness. II. 159, 178, 179, 204, 232, 663, 676, 689, 708, 820, 867. 
+ See Third assortment containing one hundred stellar nebulce of several degrees 
of faintness. II. 127, 194, 244, 340, 341, 425, 443, 448, 449, 454, 550, 551, 5 76, 
658, 620, 692, 693, 718, 721, 722, 735, 740, 781, 815,848. Ill, 81, 109, 114, no, 
