18 
Date. 
1861.|h m 
Sept.26)10 0 p.m.|Blackheath ...... = Ist mag.*......... White 
Hour. 
Place of 
Observation. 
29| 8 40 pm.|Ibid. 
29) 8 52 p.m. Ibid. 
Oct. 
4,9 30 p.m. Greenwich ..,.../=twice the size of Pale green ....3 seconds...... 
“ 9 48 
410 29 
410 36 
| 
410 40 p.m. 
p.m. Ibid. 
p-m. Ibid. 
p.m.|[bid. 
Ibid. 
.|[bid. 
.|[bid. 
. Ibid. 
setae ee eenee 
scaesapeennn =2nd mag.* ....../Blue 
REPORT—1862. 
Apparent Size. Colour. 
weeeereee 
eeweee DIU acaweenee 
2} 8 40 p.m. Greenwich Park |Faint ......sss0.++00)- teneeecseeenttons 
a Ist mag.* 
sanecscesess =3Srdmag.x ......|. asgedeuessbnacrn 
ssoseseeeee| = 18t MAQ.%....00+++| BUC 
soccccceeeee| = 200 Mag. 
eeeseceeeees/ = 2nd Mag.* 
Jédak veeebat =3rd mag.+ 
.|Harrogate ...... 
.|Greenwich ...... =2nd mag.x ......|Blue 
. Ibid. 
. Ibid. 
Paaatonsace =8rd mag.x 
pashigaelacs =2nd mag.x 
eeeeeeeee 
teeeee seeneetne 
Small faint meteor).....:scesceseeees 
«s....|Bluish white.., 
sseees| White 
ee eeeeeee 
? > 
PERO e mm e ett teeee| © Oe bebe wereree) © tee 
sage. | WVIICG, os veteeces 
..scss|Bluish white... 
cosseseeel Second .,....[From 8 Cygni 
Abeta rewelewnneceeatee 
Position, or 
Altitude and 
Azimuth. 
Duration. 
Appeared a fey 
degrees aboy 
Ursa Major, 
passing between 
the stars « and 
8, disappearing 
behind a cloud 
at about 10° o 
15° from t 
constellation. — 
1 second ,.....\From 6 Delphin 
across @ Aqui 
tod Aquile. 
1 to 2 seconds|Moved in a south. 
erly direction 
few degrees 
below __ the 
Pleiades. 
Momentary.../From « Persei 
Z Aurige. 
From about 
centre of Came: 
lopardus ; passe 
diagonally across 
Ursa Major from 
a to y, and dis: 
appeared a few 
degrees _ below 
the latter star. 
1 second ....../From » across 9 | 
Draconis. F 
From the Pleiade: 
to y Tauri. 
1 to 2 seconds|Across Capella; 
about 20° in a 
northerly diree- 
tion. ‘ 
From y Pegasi, 
halfway to @ 
Pegasi. 
Passed rapidly fron 
s Persei to 
Arietis. f 
1 second ..,...\From y Andro- 
medz to K ~ 
..|.. Perseis 
1 second ....../From jp Andro- 
mede to 0 Cas-: 
siopeiz. 
1 second 
1 second 
1 second 
é Aquile. 
RACY VEEETIC® 30° from zenith t 
wis 
seoseeee[Fell from zen 
towards the S. | 
From y to B C 
phei. 
1 second .,....|Across _Cassiopeii 
to y Cephei. 
