REPORT — 1853. 



Date. 



1852. 

 Sept. 9 



10 



12 



Hour. 



h m s 

 8 40 



8 50 



8 52 



8 56 



9 



9 4 



9 10 



9 15 



8 39 



8 30 



8 42 



8 42 30.. 

 8 44 



8 58 



9 



4 15 a.m. 



4th mag. 



4th mag. 

 4th mag. 



3rd mag. 

 2nd mag. 



1st mag. 



8 28 



8 59 45. 



9 8 30... 



9 8 35.. 



9 9 



9 16 



9 28 30.. 

 9 32 



9 35 10.. 

 9 40 



7 56 p.m. 



8 1 p.m. 



9 2 p.m. 



Appearance and 

 magnitude. 



Orange. 



mag. 

 mag. 

 mag. 

 mag. 



Small 

 Small 



Small 



= « Arietis 



Luminous appearance 

 round ; increased in 

 size for 30 or 40 se- 

 conds.then decreased 

 and disappeared for 

 a minute, then re 

 appeared of same 

 size as at first and 

 disappeared 2 or 3 

 times. 



3rd mag 



2nd ma.a;. 



= 3rd mag. 



= 3rd mag. 



= 3rd mag. 

 =3rd mag. 



= 4th mag. 

 =4th mag. 



= 4th mag. 

 = 3rd mag. 



1st mag. ... 

 3rd mag. . . . 



3rd mag." 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



Orange. 

 Orange. 

 Orange. 

 Orange. 

 Orange. 

 Orange. 

 Orange. 

 Orange. 



Orange. 



Red 



Colourless 

 Colourless 



Colourless 



a Arietis . . . 



Bright white ; 

 another ob 

 server blue ; 

 another ob- 

 server says 

 it tinged the 

 dark part of 

 the moon 

 with a red 

 dish light. 



Yellow 



Yetlovr . 



Blue. 



Bhie. 



Deep red . 

 Blue 



Blue. 

 Blue. 



Blue. 

 Blue. 



White 



Bluish white 



Bright blue . 



Train or sparks. 



Streak 



Streak 

 Streak 

 Streak 

 Streak 

 Streak 

 Streak 

 Streak 

 Streak 



Streak 



Long tail . 



Train 

 Train 



Train 



Without train 



Surrounded by luminous 

 haze, but no rays. 



Tail 



Long continuous tail 



Train 



Velocity or 

 duration. 



Moderate. 



Moderate . 

 Moderate . 

 Moderate . 

 Moderate . 

 Moderate . 

 Moderate . 

 Moderate . 

 Moderate. 



Moderate . 



2 seconds. 



Rapid 

 Rapid 



Rapid ... 

 1 second 



Stationary. Vanish-' 

 ed finally at 4-45 



0'5 second 



2 seconds, slow .. 



2 seconds. 



2 seconds. 



1 second .. 

 H second 



1 second ., 

 li second 



1 i- second 

 1 second ., 



Slow 



Moderate . 



Rapid 





