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...members of the Via Lactea, and are nearer to us than the average of its faint stars. 2. The Nebulie resolved and unresolved lie in general without the...limits of that band are supposed greatly increased (to Js of the entire celestial surface) implies that the Nebulte are actually either fainter or scarcer,...

...visible universe is composed of systems of which the Via Lactea, the two Nubeculas, and the Nebulas are the individuals, and which are themselves composed...stars (either simple multiple or in clusters) and of various bodies of both regular and irregular outlines. The paucity of nebulae near the Via Lactea might,...

...galaxies, * Phil. Trans., Vol. CI, p. 330. or complex aggregations like our own Milky Way, and are "composed of stars (either simple, multiple, or in...and of gaseous bodies of both regular and irregular outline." But the overwhelming majority of astronomers rejected Swedenborg's theory. Miss Clerke wrote...

...stellar. 3. The visible universe is composed of systems, of which the Via Lactea, the two Nubeculae, and the Nebulae, are the individuals, and which are...gaseous bodies of both regular and irregular outlines.' Detailed investigations of the two Clouds began when the Harvard College Observatory established its...