for ascertaining the distances of clusters of stars, &c. 445 
cc 240 wants light : 350 however shows the stars, but they 
“ are so exceedingly close and small that they cannot be 
“ counted.” 
“ 1784, 1807, 20 feet telescope. A globular cluster of 
“ very compressed small stars about 4 or 5 minutes in dia- 
“ meter.” 
“ 1805, 1807, large 10 feet telescope. With 171 it is 3' 3 6" 
“ in diameter.” 
The profundity of this cluster, by the observation of the 
10 feet telescope, must be of the 344th order. It is near the 
preceding branch of the milky way. 
Observations of the $jth of the connoissance. 
“ 1782,7 feet telescope. I suspect it to consist of very 
s< small stars ; in the middle it seems to be dark.” 
“ 1783, 1805, 1806, 10 feet telescope. With 130 it seems 
“ to be a rim of stars, but with 350 there remains a doubt. 
“ It is a little oval ; the dark place in the middle is also oval; 
“ one side of the bright margin is a little narrower than the 
“ other.” 
“ J784, 1799, 20 feet telescope. It is an oval with a dark 
“ place within ; the light is resolvable. 240 showed several 
“ small stars near, but none that seem to belong to it. It is 
“ near 2 minutes in diameter.” 
“ 1805, large 10 feet telescope. By a meridian passage of 
“ 7 seconds of sidereal time, the diameter is i' 28". 4.” 
By the observation of the 20 feet telescope, the profundity 
of the stars of which it probably consists must be of a higher 
than the 900th order ; perhaps 950. 
