178 OBSERVATIONS ON TUB ZODIACAL LIGHT. 



No. 89. 



DECEMBER 23th, 1?53 : EVENING. 



Lat. 22- IS' X : L<m. Ill- 10' E. 



Sim si.-t .')//. 22i. 

 Stronger and Dijusc Ll^lit at ~h. Om. 



7 30 



8 



9 

 Sun's lon^tu.L- 27U- it'. 



Clouds uniformly since last date until to-day. This evening, sky jr-i-re^ly ck-ir. Tho planet Venus interferes 

 somewhat with observations, bat ;ij id outliiu-i i-.in still b i [iro. !!, 1. At :')';! I ', t'iL' Z > li ml Li^'it discern ible, but 

 faint; 0" 38", stronger, but too dim to give ivliabl.- nudiius. At 7", ^ >\- outlin >s >;'b >t'i Diffuse and Stronger Li^bt, 

 but tlie former Li-ht was dim. For the rest, see chart. At 10'', the Diil'i-i" Li ;!it still to bj se 'ii, its outlines the 

 same as at 9 1 '; no Stronger Light to be seen. At 11", there seemed to be some Light lel't, but nothing reliable. 



