64 
Date.} Hour. 
1862.| h m 
Aug. 9 
1] 17 
015 
0 25 
0 28 
‘10 49 
10 50 
1211 9 
18 9 17 
18) 9 55 
1810 7 
1810 31 
18,10 42 
p.m. 
a.m. 
a.m. 
a.m. 
p-m. 
p.m. 
p-m. 
p-m., 
p-m. 
p.m. 
p-m. 
p-m. 
Place of 
Observation. 
11 11 p.m,.|/Weston - super - 
Mare. 
Ibid. 
Pot eeeeeeres 
Ibid. 
Trafalgar Square, 
London. 
Hawkhurst, Kent 
Ibid. 
Pee eeeereres 
Greenwich ,,,... 
Ibid. 
Ibid. 
Ibid, 
eeeeeeereres 
Ibid. 
REPORT—1862. 
Apparent Size. 
== Capella. iss.ssecoee 
= Urs Majoris..|Blue 
Colour. | Duration. 
‘Bright blue .../1 second ...... 
Position, or 
Altitude and 
Azimuth, 
Star-cluster, head 
of Auriga to 
horizon. 
4 second ......;2 Draconis to body 
of Ursa Minor. 
—S3rd Magee ss. Blue seseee SECON 4.4... Head of Lynx to N, 
horizon. 
=e Lyrtt.ccsseeeeee(@ Lyra...s++-/L second ....../8 Urs Majoris 
to x Urs Ma- 
joris. 
=Sirius ......- fasees| WILE! yeavaaany # second ...... n Aurige to J Au 
i | 
= Ist Mage....e000e/ White seco 
=a Urs Majoris..|White ....+.... 
First « Lyre, then! White, 
Capella, then | red, 
disc=Jupiter, dull. 
then 
=1st mag.*...+0+../ Yellowish 
white. 
Sinall Vacsscsasecsscas|sexecocasseesencse|2 SCCONOS.ty 
= 2nd MAGE seeves|-coversccosssersee 2 seconds 
=2nd mag.* ,.....|Bright blue .../3 seconds... 
Very small ..s.scsss{eoes ébdecisireeers I second ......|From the ne 
then 5 seconds 
rige. 
‘Not more than|From 85 to 62 H 
2 or 3 secs.| culis. 
15 second .../From 4 (% U 
Majoris and 
Bootis) to 
Bootis. 
+/On a line fre 
B Bootis to— 
Urse Majo 
Began 2° fi 
the first s 
vanished at ¢@ 
distance fre 
second star 
y Urse Majo 
short of 
second. 
From a Lyre 
wards the 8. 
horizon. | 
«From @ Cygni 
wards the W. it 
nearly a hon 
zontal directi 
From Corona 
realis towards 
the Great Bear, 
.../From the nei 
bourhood of La 
certa, disappeat 
ing about twi 
degrees belo 
1 second 
bourhood of 
laris towards # 
northern horizo 
for about 5°. 
Pa 
