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REPORT 1853. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Appearance and 

 magnitude. 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



Train or sparks. 



Velocity or 

 duration. 



1853. h m s 

 Aug. 8 10 28 p.m. 



10 38 p.m. 



10 46 p.m. 



9 13 p.m. 

 9 20 p.m. 

 9 25 p.m. 

 9 43 p.m. 



10 p.m. 

 10 2 p.m. 

 10 9 p.m. 



Small, 3rd mag. 



Between the 3rd and 

 2nd mag. 



Brightest as it 

 crossed the 

 meridian, di- 

 minishing in 

 brightnessat 

 either end of 

 its course 



A very faint train 



3rd mag. 



2nd mag. 

 3rd mag. 



5th mag 



= 1/. ; it increased ra 

 pidly from a mere 

 point. 



5th mag. 



Bright 



Very faint. 



Between Srd and 2nd 



mag. 



= Mars 



Red 



10 21 p.m. 



10 25 p.m. 

 10 34 p.m. 



10 43 p.m. 

 10 43 p.m. 



10 49 p.m. 

 10 54 p.m. 



3rd mag. 



2nd mag. 

 2nd mag. 



3rd mag. 



3rd mag. 

 1st mag. 



Bright 

 Bright 



Very rapid ,« 



Sparks . 



Train 



Faint 



Very bright . 



Faint train 

 Faint train 



Rapid 



Rapid 



