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| Date.| Hour. 
Place of 
REPORT—1862. ° 
| Oblervatiod. Apparent Size. Colour. 
| 1861.|h ms 
Dec. 9 9 40 p.m. Greenwich .,.,..,=2nd mag.# «..++./Blue — sessysere 
910 50 p.m. Ibid. ssscseeeeeee] = 2nd Mage weeee/BlUC  seeeeseee 
10 9 45 p.m. Weston - super -|=2nd mag.x, @ |Dull or smoky 
Mare. Urse Majoris. blue. 
10/10 30 p.m.? Ibid.  seecaseseee =Capella............/Bright blue... 
11} 9 12 p.m. Royal Observa-|/=Ist mag.k.seeeee/BlUC  sreeeeers 
tory, Green- 
wich. 
L111 11 p.m.|Dbid.  ..ssseeeaee =2nd mag.* ......{Blue wees 
ILI1 23 p.m.|Ibid.  sesssceseee =2nd mag.* ......|Bluish white... 
I1J11 28 p.m.l[bid.  ....sceveee =3rd mag.F .1.... White cackssuss 
1310 0 p.m.| Weston - super -|=§ Aurigz......... Smoky blue... 
Mare. 
1811 37 p.m.|Birkenhead (Sea-|=1st mag.* ..,.../Bluish .....++. 
combe). 
23! 7 O p.m.jRoyal Observa-|=2nd mag.* ...... White ......... 
tory, Green- 
wich. 
24) 7 0 p.m.|London ........./Mostly 2nd and/White and 
to4 a.m. 3rd mag. None! yellow; 
so large asVenus.| steady 
lights. 
24,9 O p.m./Woodford ..... Shooting-starser..,,| ? csseeee secceess 
2410 to 11 /Hitchen ........./Small stars .....0...] ? esses Seatensis 
p.m. 
24/11 38 34 |Deal .......... ..|=@ Andromede .,.|White ......., 
p.m. 
2519 O p.m./Royal Observa-|=2nd mag.x ......Jceceeseee eee 
tory, Green- 
wich. 
2511 45 46 [Deal ...s00....|Between @ and Blue... 
p-m. 
Cygni. 
Duration. 
2seconds ..., 
1 second 
Position, or 
Altitude and 
Azimuth. 
Fell from the} 
neighbourhood } 
of Orion toward 
over 20° 
space. 
Across @ 
Majoris. 
Less than 
1 second. 
Nearly 2 secs. 
1 to 2 seconds 
1 second ...... 
1 second ...... 
1 second ...... 
Less than 
1 second. 
3 seconds ... 
1 second 
More _ swift 
after mid- 
night than 
before; mo- 
derate. 
..|L to 2 seconds 
1 second ...+. 
(Un the S. seccascencill 
Appeared near 
Urs Minoris 
disappeared neat 
” Draconis. 
Appeared azimuth 
40°, altitude 20° 
N. of W. 
From ¢ Aurigze to 
point a few de~ 
grees below the 
moon. | 
From a point a few) 
degrees above a 
Orionis to y Ori-) 
onis. 
Fell perpendicu- 
larly from 6 Ge 
minorum towards 
horizon. 
‘From @ Tauri to- 
Appeared by Cae 
pella. 
Centre immediately 
below 6 Persei. 
From the direction 
of Cassiopeia to 
a Urse Ma- 
joris. 
Chiefly near the 
radiant — before 
midnight, after- 
wards in 4a 
quarters. 
From near o to 
below « Andro- 
mede. 
Shot in a northerly 
direction —_ ee 
tween # and B 
Geminorum. 
Between « Cygni 
and y Draconis, 
below « Cygni. — 
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