10 



REPORT 1860. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Appearance and 

 Magnitude. 



Brightness 

 and Colour. 



Train or Sparks. 



Telocity or 

 Duration. 



1859. 

 Dec. 3 



h m 

 7 10 p.m 



Dec. 1310 35 p.m 



I860. 

 Feb. 1111 20 p.m 



Its brightness was 

 equal to that of a 

 * of the 1st mag. 



2nd mag 



Same colour No apparent train 



as Bigel. 



White 



None 



Scarlet, pea- 

 green. 



Feb. 16 



Mar. 3 



Mar. 10 



Mar. 10 



9 30 p.m 



9 20 p.m 



9 20 p.m. 



The outer portion of the About 5 or 6 sees, 

 stream was composed of 

 bright scarlet scintilla- 

 tions. 



Very brilliant 



Very bright 

 and of a red 

 dish colour. 



Bright a; 



brightest 

 moonlight. 

 Colour di- 

 stinct and 

 Taried, the 

 head pearly 

 wliite, the 



9 32 p.m, 



The appearance gave 



the impression of 



3 feet in length. Its 



form was strictly 



defined, the front 



portion being in 



shape like the head 



of a lily, with a 



petal-shaped out- tail bright 



line. From this it 



diminished grace- 

 fully to the tail, 



not in straight - 



sided lines, but in 



curves. The tail 



was the small- 

 est, and apparently 



the most concrete 



portion of the 



whole. 

 A bar of light in 



length equal to 



moon's diameter 



its breadth £th of 



its length. 



ruby, with 

 reddish- 

 brown extre 

 mity,andthe 

 middle por- 

 tions mark 

 ed by bands 

 of various 

 shades of 

 colour. 



At first its 

 colour was 

 pure white 

 and as bright 

 as Sirius. 

 In its full 

 the colour 

 changed to 

 green, and 

 afterwards to 

 a deep glow- 

 ing crimson. 



Very rapid 



No train of sparks 



It left behind a train 

 pale yellow light. 



Lasted 5 seconds, 

 slow. 



of The whole time was 



