12 



REPORT — 1861. 



Date. 



1861. 

 Aug. 6 



Hour. 



h m s 

 11 15 p.m. 



11 15 p.m. 



10 U p.m. 



10 21 

 10 25 

 10 28 

 10 31 

 10 32 

 10 39 



10 41 

 10 43 



10 46 

 10 47 

 10 51 

 10 53 



p.m. 

 p.m. 

 p.m. 

 p.m. 

 p.m. 

 p.m. 



p.m. 

 p.m. 



p.m. 

 p.m. 

 p.m 

 p.m 



Appearance and 

 Magnitude. 



Brightness 

 and Colour. 



Train or Sparks. 



= three times thejVery pale blue 

 diameter of Venus. 



18 to 20 seconds 



= 2nd mag. *. 



Small 



= 3rd mag. * . 

 Very small .... 

 = 2nd mag. *. 



Blue [Small train 



None 



Very brilliant, much 

 brighter than Ca- 

 pella. 



Small 



Very faint 



Very fine, = 1st mag.» 



Very small 



Very fine 



Very fine, = 1st mag. * 



10 59 p.m. 



11 3 p.m. 

 9 58 30 



p.m. 



10 30 

 p.m. 



10 14 30 

 p.m. 



10 16 30 

 p.m. 



10 16 p.m, 



10 18 30 

 p.m. 



.None 



None 



None 



Small train ... 



Small but very brilliant 

 train. 



None 

 None 



1st mag. * 



Very small . 

 Ist mag.*. 



=-V-. 



:3rd mag.* 



= 3rdmag.«, and in- 

 creased to 1st mag.* 



= 2nd mag.# 



SmaU 



Blue. 



Blue. 



Almost momentary 



From 1 second to 



2 seconds. 

 1 second 



Leaving a brilliant train of 

 some degrees in length. 

 None 



Leaving a train about 20^ 



in length. 

 Train 20° in length 



Velocity or 

 Duration. 



Very rapid 



1 second ... 



2 seconds... 



2 seconds 



Rapid 



2 to 3 seconds. 

 2 seconds 



No train or sparks 



None 



Stream of light 



Long tail. 



Duration 0*8 sec. 



Rapid 



Colourless ...As a spark; no stream of Instantaneous . 

 light. 



YeUow . 



Yellow 



Streak 



None 



Slight streak 



I 



Duration 0-1 sec... 



1 second 



Duration 0*1 sec. 



