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Date. Hour, 
1862.| h m 
Apr.14| 7 42 p.m. 
17/10 10 p.m. 
20) 8 30 p.m. 
23) 8 56 p.m. 
23] 9 50 pm. 
23/10 35 p.m. 
10 26 p.m. 
25 
2510 30}p.m. 
2610 52 p.m. 
26/10 524 p.m. 
27| 8 42 pm 
REPORT—1862. 
Place of ‘ 
| Observation. Apparent Size. Colour. 
Clerkenwell, 8 to 10 times as|White ....... -- 
London. bright as Jupiter. 
Hitchen .....0...|FiN€ MetCOL...cervesleccsecsesebererers 
Greenwich Hill..|Larger than Jupiter) ? ....,.se000... 
Weston - super - Larger than Ist |White .,,...... 
Mare. mag.* 
Thid. ssessseeeeee|Nearly as large as|Deep yellow... 
Jupiter. 
St. John’s Wood,|Brilliant body of mri colour- 
London. light. 
11 33} p.m. 
10 30 p.m. 
Position, or 
Duration. Altitude and 
Azimuth. 
3 seconds...... From 10° or 12 
over Jupiter 
altitude 32°, 
by W. 
3 seconds,.....|From4}(a Ursa Ma 
joris and Pola 
to centre of C¢ 
rona Borealis. | 
...|Between p and _ 
Camelopardali. 
16 Draconis 
y Draconis, — 
close and para 
to « and y Dr 
conis. f 
»|From Arcturus 
18/ Bootis. 
2 seconds 
Slow ; 14 sec. 
Slow ; 2 secs. 
Between N. and ; 
altitude 45°. | 
| 
7 seconds...... 
Weston - super - =Ist mag.*......... Brilliant blue..|4 second ...... At appearance ni 
Mare. 41 and 42 
melopardali. 
Islington, Lon-|=Pollux .......660.. Pollux ..........0°4 second ...|From 1° S. 
don. Camelopardus. 
Weston - super -|=Spica Virginis ...|Spica Virginis |} second ......,At appearance 
Mare. 66 Virginis. 
Ibid.) > dieswieins = Spica Virginis ...|Spica Virginis |? second ......|66 Virginis .... 
MIO sessezeders VENUS ....-c0cses| VENUS 400-400. 1 second ......|From #1 Cy 
passing bety 
the head sta 
Lacerta. | 
Birkenhead (Sea-\-=Jupiter .........,Blue  .........,24 seconds ...\Close to jp He 
combe). culis. | 
Greenwich ......,=2nd mag.* ...... Reddish ......! 1 to 2 seconds From the direeti 
| of Urse M 
| towards _ the 
» horizon =p 
Arcturus. 
