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REPORT — 1851. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Appearance or 

 macrnitude. 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



Train or sparks. 



Velocity or 

 duration. 



1850. 

 Aupr. 14 



15 



h m 

 10 28 p.m. 



10 35 p.m. 



9 35 p.m. 



2nd mag. 

 4th maR. ... 



Bright train, 12° long. 



Over 15° in 2 se 

 1 sec 



Small 



Large Much brighter Visible train left Time 2i sees. 



than 1st mag. 





18 



29 



2 cot a.m. 

 9 30 p.m. 



7 50? twi- 

 light. 

 10 p.m. 



10 24 p.m. 



14 25 p.m. 

 9 55 p.m. 



9 59 35" 

 10 1 p.m. 

 10 2 p.m. 



10 3 p.m. 



2nd mag.... 

 3rd mag. 



1st mag. 



=to Arcturus 



Twice the size of 2/.... 

 3rd mag 



= 3rd mag. 

 = 2nd mag. 

 = 2nd mag. 



At first = 5th mag. 

 star, at last 3 times 

 size of Saturn. 



10 4 p.m. 

 10 15 p.m. 



= 2nd mag. 

 = 3rd map;. 



10 20 p.m. I = 1st mag. 



Yellow . 



Yellow 



Duration^ sec. 



Blue. 

 Red , 



Orange-scarlet 



Slight train . 

 Train 



2 sees 



Over 10° in 1 set 



1 sec. 



Duration 1 sec. 



Left a red train of sparks.. 



Magnificent train, fully 25° 

 long. 



Over 20° in 2 at 



Duration ^ sec. 



Rapid 



Over 45° in 8 » 



Fragments Slow, duratio 



sees. 

 This diagram will show the 

 appearance. 



-^^«5^?;i^ 



Train of at least 30° inOver 40° in 6 



length. 



Rapid 





