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OBSERVATIONS ON THE ZODIACAL LIGHT. 



No. 149. 



APRIL 29th, 1854 : EVENING. 



Lat. 34 40' N. : Lon. 138 59' E. 



Sun set 6A. 38m. 

 Stronger Light at 8A., &c. : Diffuse at 8 o'clock. 



Morning hazy. Sky, this evening, clear in the west, at 8 o'clock. Grot observations at that hour. I thought, this 

 evening, that I could see pulsations distinctly even across the Milky Way. My notes are as follows : 



h. m. 



At 8 13, at b, and bright. 

 8 14J, at a, and dim. 

 8 15, do. very dim. 

 8 15^, brightening. 



At 8" 18i m , clouds began to float across the Zodiacal Light boundaries, and I could get no further observations. At 

 9 h , sky quite clouded over. 



The superior brightness of the Zodiacal Light over that of the adjoining portions of the Milky Way was, this 

 evening, very striking. 



It. m. 

 At 8 16, at c, and bright. 



8 \*l\, do. and quite bright. 

 8 18|, do. do. 



