34 



UBPORT~1851. 



Date. 



185L 

 April 5 



Hour. 



Appearance or 

 magnitude. 



h in 



8 25 p.m. 



18 



19 



27 



= 4th mag. star until 

 it passed 20 Argus 

 Navis, when it in- 

 creased and sur- 

 passed Ij.. 



8 53 p.m. =to Procyon 



During half Numerous meteors ; 



Rather bluer 

 than y. 



= to Sirius ; 

 orange-red. 



hour about 

 10 p.m. 



10 20 p.m. 



(g.m.t.) 



10 o'clock 



10 5 p.m. 



(g.m.t.) 



some = 9 or 2^ 



most small. 

 Meteoric shower 

 Gradually brightening 



till =lst mag. 

 A splendid meteor 



10 5 p.m. 



(g.m.t.) 

 10 5 p.m. 



(g.m.t.) 



10 5 p.m. 

 (g.m.t.) 



10 5*p.m 



(g.m.t.) 



10 5 p.m. 

 (g.m.t.) 



size of d 



(Account similar to 



that above.) 

 ^ size of C 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



At first a single line of 

 sparks ; afterwards an 

 increasing number of 

 lines. 



Abundance of streams, 

 which rapidly vanished. 



Intense; it was 

 surrounded 

 by rich pur- 

 ple fading 

 into blue, 

 then much 

 orange, and 

 lastly light 

 yellow. 



A considerable train of 

 light yellow light. 



not =i(l 



Nearly -J full moon, 

 illuminating the 

 whole horizon, like 

 daylight. 



So brilliant, 

 that distant 

 objects were 

 as distinct as 

 in the day. 



Bright blue 



when it 



burst ; com 



pared to that 



of a lucifer 



match. 

 = ^of d's. 



Bluish red ; 



did not in. 



crease or di 



minish. 



Surrounded by 

 a rich purple 

 light, suc- 

 ceeded by 

 blue, orange 

 and yellow. 



Train or sparks. 



Velocity or 

 duration. 



No train 



When it burst sparks were 

 seen to drip from it. 



Sparks very blue. 



Continuous train left be- 

 hind ; the meteor broke 

 into sparks. 



Yellowish train, disappear, 

 ed in sparks ; no noise. 



Duration 2-5 se<| 

 vanished sud- 

 denly. 



Duration 0-5 sec. 



From 4 sees, tij 

 sees. 



3 sees. 



Velocity consi( 

 able, viz. 4 

 sees. 



* lO*" 5" was the exact g.m.t., although at OU 



