REPORT 1861. 



Date. 



Hour. 



1860. h m 

 Oct. 20 10 p.m. 



Appearance and 

 Magnitude. 



= 2nd mag. * . 



Brightness 

 and Colour. 



Colourless . . 



Nov. 1 8 30 p.m. Larger than Mars ... 



1 8 35 p.m.' Splendid meteor , 



2 



7 



15 

 20 

 Dec. 11 



15 



7 3 p.m. = 2nd mag. # 



8 46 p.m. Larger than 1st mag.» 



10 23 p.m 



8 55 p.m. 



6 25 p.m. 



About 2nd mag. * ... 



Larger than 1st mag.# 



Splendid meteor . 



10 15 p.m. = 1st mag. # 



18 6 p.m. till 



10 p.m. 

 20] 10 25 p.m. 



1861. 

 Jan. 5 



6 2 20 a.m. = 2nd mag.* 



2nd mag * 



Splendid meteor . 



Yellowish ; the 

 fragments 

 red, blue 

 and vellow. 



About the 

 colour and 

 brightness 

 of Arcturus 



Blue 



Blue. 



Bluish 



Blue. 



Train or Sparks. 



None 



Rocket-like discharges, 

 and a streak left behind. 



Streak left 



Velocity or 

 Duration. 



2 seconds. 



3 seconds 



Detached sparks in its 

 track. 



None 



Bluish 



A spark 



As a spark 



Rapid 

 Rapid 



Rapid 



Rapid 



1 second 



Rapid 



Instantaneous 



