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: Appearance and Brightness : 
Date, Hour, magnitude. and colour. Trajaor sparks, duration. 
1851. |h m s 
Oct. 27/10 11 30,..|Small ......,..cooer.--(/Blue....... sin> veleives= Gou denveapaessne=teeee ayes |LISGGe dueneanen Cuan 
29] 8 58 30.../Very small ......eccssc|.secessneceeseeeee|oceseeree Seger ecg ceret seesseee-[Almost instantanes| 
: ous. } 
30} 8 25 ...... =to Saturn,.,......... Much brighter|Long tail of sparks .........]2 S€CS. sessesssrsevees 
than Saturn; 
orange. 
8 50 .,....,=2nd mag.,.......00e =8rd mag., |Continuous streak .........{1 sec.3 rapid sree 
yellow. | 
9 A veeeee}=Srd MAG. eserereres ..|Orange, =3°5|\Composed of many sepa-j2 secs.; slowly ... 
mag. rate sparks. ; 
Noy. 3] 5 32 ....../6 times size of Saturn|Pale orange,|Slight tail ,........-++.++++ 12 SECS. ...e00e 
and after 
15° move- 
ment turned 
bluish. 
lO 
The above is a sketch of it. | 
4) 5 30 ...... 2 size Of ( sseeeeeeeee(Orange and |No sparks ..,...sereseeeeee Several seconds ..4) 
prismatic. | 
11| 7 49 30... 
8 5 30... 
12) 7 56 ...... 
Li te ee 
14/10 45 ..,... 

REPORT—1852. 










Velocity or | 












Very bright ............ Much brighter|Leaving bright train, cu-|3-5 sees. ....esce0 J 
than Vega. | rious path, thus :— 4 
Small Preece ee Cee eC CO Cees eee e eer rere Titi i rere ere rere eee reer rs seeensee .-|0°5 sec, weeeeenee i 
Very small ...... sesconl ING 555.0.-0500-[ee ce sbiatane APereoryiccaer +++eee(Less than 1 sec. 
Ac SN AuEM tate nesenyen|adns'soneacr sess an=| ocdeeucedncnarsnepet sane manda Less than 1 sec. «« 
== 2G MAL riagss ens sess Brighter than|Sparks .......... nayiiise ine erste dG Glld tips 
2nd mag. ; { 
orange-réd. = 1 
=2nd Mag, ....00..00+0/ Saber cinsnt arene Train of light .....00+...5+.|scssvesgescsesescueane 
