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REPORT — 1853. 



Date. 



1852. 

 Nov. 3 



Hour. 



h in s 

 10 23 10 



p.m. 

 10 58 43 



p.m. 



Ill 20 40 

 p.m. 

 8 20 p.m. 



8 9 p.m. 



Appearance 

 and magnitude. 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



1st mag 



Larger than a star of 

 1st mag., and as 

 bright as Aldebaran. 



Blue . 

 Orange 



19 



24 



3rd mag 



2nd mag 



Seemed about the size 

 of Jupiter. 



10 32 



9 16 12 



p.m. 



12 23 36 



p.m. 

 12 26 15 

 p.m. 

 8 51 p.m. 



Train or sparks. 



No train 



Very long continuous 

 train, which seemed 

 to have a little 

 swelling in the 

 centre, like the vi. 

 bratioii of a string. 



Velocity or 

 duration. 



Slow. 

 Slow. 



Blue 



Orange-red ... 



Train 



Slow 



05 sec 



Very rapid 



27 

 Dec. 8 



Larger than Vega . . .Colour of Vega 



1st mag Orange 



2nd mag 



3rd mag 



1st mag 



As large as a Lyrse . 



YeUow . 

 Blue . 

 Yellow , 



Long streak. 



Train 



Short train . 

 Short train . 



Brilliant red. 



9 3 12 



p.m. I r» , ,. , 



10 49 p.m. =to a star of the 1st Reddish, very 

 (Dublin mag. | bright. 



time.) 



10 57 p.m. 



A mere spark 



10 p.m. 

 9 Small .. 



10 20 1st mag. 



1 sec 



Slow 



Very rapid 



Rapid 



Rapid 



Short train 



No train or sparks 



About 9p.m 

 (Greenwich 

 time.) 



Apparent size of nu^ 

 cleus= Jupiter. 



Red 



Nucleus bright 

 white ; train 

 reddish. 



Brightness 

 steady. 



Slow 



Passed over ab 

 15°inlior28t 



Lasted perhaps 

 sec. ; did 

 move over n 

 than 4° or 5° 



Streak . 



Slowly . 

 Slowly . 



Train of reddish sparks ; Moved about 9' 

 diverging; length=di- 2^ sees, 

 stance between two of 

 the three large stars in 

 Orion's belt ; breadth at 

 end of train = one-third 

 of length. 



A few sees. Much smaller 

 before thei 

 above. ! 



None 



Somewhat 

 rapid thani 

 above. 



