SOS | Woe 
UL, fal 
3219 | 1431=— 
If. 128 
3227 | 1436= 
I. 39 
3229 | 1437= 
I. 129 
3240 | 1441=— 
IT. 95 
3249 1451— 
3241 1442 
I. 84 
Observations of Nebule and Clusters of Stars. 121 
1865, Apr. 26. End turns up at an angle of 60°, suspected a continuation of 
shorter end curving back. 
1872, Apr. 3. sp Nucl very well defined. (XI. obs.) 
1867, Mar. 26. vB, pS, R, mb M, possibly 1 E, perhapsa F branch f. Central 
B part perhaps not quite uniform. (I. obs.) 
1851, Apr. 29. v F, gb M, edges fade off. I fancied a dark space p the central 
portion. 
1851, May 3.  F, suspected spiral. 
1857, Mar. 19. F, pL, R, b M, suspect mottled. (III. obs.) 
1852, Apr. 13. gvmbM. S* inv inf part. (I. obs.) 
1852, Apr. 15. gvmbM, oval. (I. obs.) 
1855, Feb. 16. vB ray, a dark band across on each side of Nucl, separating it 
from the extremities. 
1855, Feb. 17. Sketched. [P. T. 1861, pl. XXVIII, fig. 27.] 
1855, Feb. 19. The dark spaces which are visible in finder-eyepiece are not 
black but only portions of fainter neby. 
1855, Apr. 6. Seen as before ; dark lines very plain in finder. 
1855, Apr. 16. My sketch exaggerates the dark lines, they should be broader 
and not so well defined. Mr. J. Stoney remarked a second dark line across 
the n branch near its extremity. 
1857, Mar. 18. Dark spaces far apart and not absolutely dark ; suspect a dark 
space to right-hand side of Nucl. 
1861, Apr. 3. Dark spaces very clearly seen. 
1872, Apr. 9. * in Pos. 102°-6, Dist. 96"°8. | 
1876, Apr. 13. ¢B, pL, bM, no very defined Nucl, E 28°:2, about 230" long. 
* 12m Pos. 100°:8 (2), Dist. 97:2 (2). On both sides of Nucl are dark 
bands. The n end of neb is brighter than s one and the maximum of 
brightness is about 40” from the end. Maximum in gs part is nearer the 
Nucl. Centre looked a little oval with higher power. Neb has a soft look, 
notr. (XII. obs.) 
1850, Mar. 9. 1451, another spiral. Another neb [3749 
15' p. [The latter is evidently 3241 = h 1442, so — 
YY 
that 3239 = R. nova may be struck out. ] 
1851, Feb. 26. Spiral, 2 arms and some st in f arm, 
centre is B. 12'p and a little s is another neb, E 
[h 1442] and 30'nf is a 3rd, Ens [= 3266 = II. 
344 ; 3269 — R. nova may be struck out]. 
1858, Apr. 15. vyLandyB. The centre itself is like an E neb with Nucl; 
this centre is enveloped in an irr ring or rings of nebulous light as in the 
accompanying rude sketch, which does not contain all the details. sp this 
object there is a S neb, E np sf and very patchy, and I susp it to havea F 
Nucl [h 1442]. 
1858, May 3. Isee all the details in last observation, except that there was 
only one * visible s of Nucl instead of two, but this is not quite so good a 
night. The surrounding ring of neby is of irr shape, it curves gently at 6 
but bends more sharply at y, where it is brightest. The centre seems to 
reach up to and to blend with the neby at 6. 
1867, Mar. 27. The part to the left hand is much fainter, somewhat like an 
anchor. (VI. obs.) 
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