Observations of Nebule and Clusters of Stars. 95 
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2373 854— | 1849, Mar. 15. B ray, Pos. of KH = 5°:3. 
M. 65 | 1854, Feb. 25. A pL * f, but apparently detached from the neb.? also 
3S stp. Lord Rosse susp. dark spaces on either side of Nucl. 
1854, Mar. 1. Preceding obs. confirmed, neb. mottled. 
1855, Mar. 17. Very fine neb. m E, centre vy B. I fancied a darkness on each 
side of Nucl.? F * p very near. 
1855, Apr. 16. Suspicion of darkness on either side of Nucl. appears groundless, 
not seen by Lord R. or Mr. J. Stoney. (Night pretty good.) 
1861, Feb. 10. N is E and excentric. I thought I saw stars glancing at 
intervals through this neb., dark space in it. 
1861, Apr. 3. E np sf, centre v B, I could see st sparkling in it. One * 
close f Nucl. and on edge of neby. (VIII. obs.) 
2376 856= ) 
TI. 52 >| 1855, Jan. 21. Found 2 neb., the p one has a sudden vB Nucl., 1 E up sf. 
2385 | R. nova j About 15'f and a little n is a neb. 8, R, pF, vlbM [=2385]. 
1877, March 17. B, pS,iR, mbM, * 12-13m, Pos. 257°-5, Dist. 140-5. 2385 
not seen with certainty as a neb., susp. to bea F *. [d’Arrest could not see 
2385, perhaps the obs": from 1855 was of some other neb. in this neighbour- 
hood.| (iI. obs.) 
2377 857= | 1848, Mar. 31. Curious neb. with B Nucl. , 
M. 66 at left [sp]; a little above and towards 
the right Lig is a dark streak ; spiral, 
resolved well about the Nucl., but no 
other part. From the right, and appa- 
rently springing from the Nucl., av F 
portion of neby extends for nearly 15’, 
gradually melting away. 
1848, Apr. 3. No additional particulars 
brought out. 
1849, Apr. 17. The ray south seemed at 
moments to be split into bands. [See 
P.T. 1861, pl. xxvii., fig. 16.] 
1855, Feb. 19. A beautiful object, sketched 
' from memory. st in it, 2 at 6, one susp. at y, a is either a * or neb. knot. 
A mass of neby f the brightest part with condensed portions through it dis- 
posed in curves? The F ray extends many minutes s, gradually fading 
away. 
1855, Mar. 17. The * susp. at y does, I think, exist, another at 3. a seems to 
be a knot in which the neb. terminates, and immediately s of this knot is a 
little dark bay. The branch e curves in towards the Nucl. 
1855, Apr. 16. F ray to south does not appear streaky. 
1857, Mar. 19. Nucl. examined carefully, but could not resolve it. 
| Vote.—The observer in 1848 thought he was viewing h 854, but a 
comparison of his remarks and sketch with those of later observers leaves 
no doubt that he observed h 857. The ob’. from 1855, March 17, and 
April 16, are recorded as being of h 857 and 875, but as these nebulz quite 
certainly are identical, it was evidently h 854 and h 857 which were 
_observed.| (XI. obs.) 
2378 859— |1848, Apr. 1. Tolerably B and v. L, exhibiting evident marks of resolvability. 
V.8 | 1861, Feb. 10. pB, split into two parallel rays. [Plate IIL, fig. 8.] 
1861, Mar. 12. pB, E, split extends its whole length, the f part beimg partially 
filled with F neby. 
1866, Mar. 18. vm E pf, there seems a dark channel on south side in direction 
of E. pB, more so p than f. (VIII. obs.) 
