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achromatic aperture Aquil astronomers atmosphere beautiful Binary bluish Boöt bright brighter brilliant centre Ceph Clusters colour comet constellation craters curious dark Dawes deep diameter disc distance Dorpat Double Stars Drac dusky Earth eye-piece faint field flushed white globe grey H VIII Herc Herschel Huggins inches interior Jupiter larger Lassell libration light lilac limb luminous lunar minute stars Moon motion naked eye nearly nebulć noticed nucleus object object-glass observers OPHIUCHUS orange pair pale blue pale white pale yellow photosphere Pisc planet proper motion reflector region remarkable ring satellite Schm Schr Schröter Schwabe Secchi seen shadow shew side silvery white smalt solar sometimes speculum spots streaks surface Taur telescope topaz Virg visible XI1h xivh xIxh xvih XVIII yellowish