REPORT 1853. 



Date. 



1853. 

 July 



Aug. 



28 



Hour. 



Appearance and 

 magnitude. 



h m s j 



10 15 \^n. 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



11 29 

 11 30 

 11 31 

 11 32 

 11 33 

 310 18 



7 9 48 35... 



9 58 



= 3rd mag. , 

 = 4th mag. 

 = 3rd mag. 

 = 3rd mag. 

 = 3rd mag. 

 = 2nd mag. 



= 1st mag. 

 = 3rd mag. 



10 12 31. 

 10 30 p.ra 

 (Greenwich 

 time.) 



Very bright 



blue. 

 Very bright 



blue. 

 Very bright 



blue. 

 Very bright 



blue. 

 Very bright 



blue. 

 Very bright 



blue. 

 Orange 



Train or sparks. 



= 4th mag 



One-third of the 

 moon's apparent 

 diameter. About 

 as bright as the 

 moon's surface. 



9 22 p.m. Small, 3rd mag. 



9 41 p.m. 



9 53 p.m. 



9 56 p.m. 3rd mag 



Verv small Faint 



No tail. 

 Streak . 

 Tail .... 

 Tail .... 

 Tail .... 

 Tail .... 

 Streak 



Blue . 



Blue. 



Blue... 

 White 



Train, 3 seconds . 



None 



Piercingly 

 bright. 



Very small 



Faint 



Fluctuating in 

 its brilliancy. 



9 58 p.m. [Between 3rd and 2nd 

 I mag. 



10 19 p.m. ^Larger than <?, at op- 

 position nearly = 



Bright 



Very bright 

 with yellow 

 tinge at its 

 extinction ; it 

 commenced 

 as a small 

 star, increa- 

 sing rapidly 

 in brilliancy. 



Velocity or 

 duration. 



Rapid 



Rapid 



Rapid 



Rapid 



Rapid 



1*5 second 



H second 



1 second 



2i seconds ... 



Visible for less thi 

 one second, dl 

 ring which it d( 

 scribed an arc ' 

 about 15°, disaj 

 pearing behiii 

 some trees. 



Rather slow. 



