Meteor. — Xew Cornel. 75 



METEOR. 



A very remarkable meteor was seen at Aberdeen on Wednes- 

 day the 5ih of May at about half past twelve in the forenoon. 

 It appeared at an altitude of nearly 36 degrees, having the form 

 of a ball of fire with a short tail darting towards the earth. The 

 atmosphere was uncommonly clear at the time, with bright sun- 

 shine, and not a cloud to be seen. In about five minutes after 

 it was observed, it exploded with a considerable noise, and a vo- 

 lame of smoke issued from it which assumed the form of a small 

 white cloud. The same meteor was seen in many parts of the 

 countrv. In the parishes of Kintora, Fintray, &c. the noise of 

 the explosion was so loud that the cattle in the fields became 

 terrified and bellowed loudly. It is very rare for such meteors to 

 be visible in the day-time. — The Scotsman. 



NEW COMET. 



A new comet has within this month made its appearance in 

 the constellation of the Lynx. It was seen in the northern parts 

 of Britain and the continent before it was observed at London. 

 At Edinburgh, York, Leeds, and Berlin, it was noticed on the 1st 

 of Julv; at Hamburgh and Lauenburg on the 2d. It appears 

 to have presented at Edinburgh a more luminous and distinct 

 aspect than any where else to the southward. Its nucleus is re- 

 presented as having appeared there very brilliant, and of about 

 three-fourths of the diameter of Jupiter ; and the whole breadth 

 of the coma, or head, as about thrice the diameter of the nucleus. 



At Berlin on the 1st, at 55 minutes past 1 1, it was in the me- 

 ridian apparent altitude 2 deg. 20. min.; it was very brilliant, 

 and visible in the next morning twilight 6 or 7 degrees above the 

 horizon, appearing like Venus. 



On the 3d, it was seen at the Observatory at Gosport, the 

 learned superiniendant of which (Dr. Burney) has furnished the 

 public with the following observations upon it. 

 " To the Editor of the Star. 



" Observatory, Gosport, .July 4. 



" In the evening of the 3d of July 1819, from a quarter past 

 nine till a quarter past twelve, we were gratified with the sight 

 of a comet, with a lucid train projecting upwards or from the 

 sun, and nearly in a perpendicular direction. At half-past ten, 

 it was in the N. by W. point, within 10 degrees of the horizon, 

 innnediately in the breast of the Lynx, and by the sectant 19-' 

 degrees distant from (lapella. At 10 h. -JO miu. it was 44 deg. 

 from Polaris, and at half-past eleven al)out 40 deg. from Dubhe 

 in the back of Ursa Major, when it was due north, and had a 

 slow motion downwards of about 2\ degrees per hour. V^icwcd 

 through a good achromatic telescope, its body appeared more 



confused. 



