Messier 34 (original) (raw)

August 25, 1764. 34. 2h 27m 27s (36d 51' 37") +41d 39' 32"
Cluster of small stars, between the head of Medusa (Algol) & the left foot of Andromeda, a little below the parallel of Gamma [Andromedae]: with an ordinary telescope of 3 foot [FL] one can distinguish the stars. Its position has been determined from Beta [Persei], the head of Medusa. (diam. 15')

[Mem. Acad. for 1771, p. 448-449 (first Messier catalog)]
In the same night of [August] 25 to 26, [1764,] I have determined the position of a cluster of small stars between the head of the Medusa & the left foot of Andromedaalmost on the parallel of the star Gamma of that letter constellation. With an ordinary [non-achromatic] refractor of 3 feet [FL], one distinguishes these stars; the cluster may have 15 minutes in extension. I have determined its position with regard to the star Beta in the head of the Medusa [Beta Persei, Algol]; its right ascension has been concluded at 36d 51' 37", & its declination as 41d 39' 32" north.
[p. 457] 1764.Aug.25. RA: 36.51.37, Dec: 41.39.32.B, Diam: 0.15. Cluster of small stars between the head of the Medusa & the left foot of Andromeda, at little distance to the parallel of the star Gamma of the latter constellation.