REPORT 1864. 



Date. 



1SG3. 

 Aug.24 



27 



29 



31 

 Sept. 1 



Hour. 



h m 



8 29 p.ra- 



7 45 inn. 



8 p.m, 



10 5 p.m. 



8 22 p.m. 



4 9 35 p.m 

 4 9 48 p 

 4 10 13 p 



,m 



,m 



9 55 p.m. 



9 56 p.m 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Eiiston Road 

 (London). 



Hawkliurst 

 (Kent). 



Ibid 



Weston 



Mare. 

 HawUliurst 



(Kent). 



super - 



Apparent Size. 



: Venus 



= V. 



Colour. 



Orange colour 



White 



Tliree diameters ofWliite 

 Venus. 



:2nd niaG;.* 



= ¥■ 



Trafalgar Square =2^ mag* 



(London). 

 Ibid 



Ibid , 



Ibid, 



Wisbech (Cam. 

 bridgeshire). 



10 5 p.m.iTrafalgar Square 

 (London) 



C!ll p.m, 



9 28 p.m, 



Ilawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Weston - super 

 Mare. 



= 31 mag.* .., 

 = 2nd mag.* 



= lst mag.* 

 >l8t mag * 



Blue 

 White 



Duration. 



1-5 second ... 



0'f> second .. 



2 seconds. 



li second ... 

 1-2 sec; slov\ 



Wliltc 0-5 second 



White 

 Ruddy 



Brilliant white 



White 



:2nd mag.* Dull red 



= 2iid nia^.« 



:2nd mag.* 



Yellow, then 

 red. 



Bluish white... 



0-5 second 

 0'7 second 



li second. 



1 second 



1"2 second 

 li second 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



From IT, 27 Pegasi 

 to V Cvgni and 

 2° furtlicr. 



From § to § of the 



distiiuce, reck. 



oned from / 



Pegasi to 9 Pis- 



ciuni. 

 From (/ Can. Venat 



to 16" above tlie 



horizon (measur 



cd). 

 From (T Andromedae 



to [3 Persei. 

 From 1" above Xj 



halfway to a Sa, 



gittarii. 



From near /3 Cygni 

 to ? Aquil.T. 



From 3' or 4° above 

 a, (3 Arietis. 



From midway be- 

 tween a, d Her. 

 culis to e Co. 

 rons. 



From ^ (j) Came- 

 lopardali, b Lyn- 

 cis) to § (tt, i) 

 Ursae Majoris. 



From cii Cassiopeiaj 

 to i (N, P Came- 

 lopardali). 



From a CoronoB to 

 2° below \ Ser- 

 pentis. 



From i {c, ii) Ursse 

 Minoris to 3' 

 below Polaris. 



From \ Dratonis 

 to h Ursa; Ma- 

 joris. 



