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REPORT — 1853. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Appearance and 

 magnitude. 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



Train or sparks. 



Velocity or 

 duration. 



1853. 

 Aug. 9 



h m s 

 11 2 p.m. 



11 7 p.m. 

 1 1 8 p.m. 



11 12 p.m. 



11 18 p.m. 



11 26 p.m. 

 11 32 p.m. 



= Jupiter. 



3rd mag. 



4th mag. 

 3rd mag. 



4th mag., small 

 3rd mag 



11 42 p.m. 



Aug. 10 



9 45 30.. 

 10 52 10.. 



10 59 50.. 



10 7 .. 

 10 18 31... 



10 22 30.. 

 10 36 



From 



10 5 to 



11 5 

 From 



10 30 tiU 



12 p.m. 



10 30 p.m. 



=3rd mag. 

 = lst mag. 



= lst mag. 



= 3rd mag. 

 =4th mag. 



= 4th mag. 



= 1st mag. 



55 meteors 



Fine train 



Faint 

 Bright 



Faint 



Sparks only 



Faint train 



Blue 



Very bright . . 



Very brilliant. 



Train 



Train, 7 seconds . 



Train 



Blue. 

 Blue. 



Blue 



Very brilliant 



Train, 8 seconds 



One with train. 



17 meteors were no- 

 ticed, 3 or 4 were of 

 1st mag. 



1st mag. and as large 

 as Jupiter. 



10 28 

 10 29 



= 2nd mag. 

 = 2nd mag. 



Bluish 

 Bluish 



Streaks 

 Streaks 



2 seconds. 



3 seconds. 



2 seconds. 



2 seconds. 



3 seconds. 



2 seconds. 



3 seconds. 



Instantaneous . 

 Instantaneous . 



