10 



REPORT 1864. 



Date. 



1863 

 Oct. 15 



15 



15 

 17 



19 

 19 



19 

 23 



30 

 Nov. 1 



Hour. 



h m s 

 10 p.m. 



Combe, Wood- 

 stock (Oxford- 

 shire). 



10 

 12 



12 

 12 



12 



12 



12 

 12 



10 p.m. 



10 p.m. 



11 47 p.m. 



10 25 p.m. 

 10 34 p.m. 



10 42 p.m. 

 9 25 p.m. 



9 54 p.m. 

 9 6 p.m. 



9 38 p.m. 



9 3 p.m. 



59 57 

 a.m. 



1 30 1 



a.m. 

 1 44 30 

 a.m. 



Cheltenham. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Camberwell 

 (London). 



Weston - super 

 Mare. 



Wisbech (Cam 



bridgeshire). 



Ibid 



Large meteor 



Large meteor 

 = Sirius 



Ibid . 



Regent's Park 

 (Loudon). 



Beeston Obser 



vatory. 

 Ibid 



Weston - super 

 Mare. 



Hawkhurst 



(Kent). 

 Ibid 



Apparent Size. 



:1st mag.* 

 : Venus 



Colour. 



White . 

 Yellow 



White . 



Ruby colour, 

 surrounded 

 by yellow. 



= lst mag.* 



White 



About = Venus at 

 its brightest. 



=2nd mag.* 

 = 1st mag.*.. 



White or gold 

 en, and finally 

 blue. 



Blue 



Blue 



^n. 



1 45 30 



a.m. 

 1 47 8 

 a.m. 



Ibid. 



Euston Road 

 (London). 



Ibid. 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



1 48 a.m. Weston - super 

 Mare. 



1 50 a.m. 



Euston Road 

 (London). 



Yellow 



= Sirius, then=2^ 



White, then 



blue. 

 White 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



Disappeared due S. 

 at altitude 30° 

 (measured). 



I 



2 or 3 seconds Midway between 

 zenith and hori 

 zon. 



H second ...|From ir Cassiopeiae 

 to (4) Lacerta; 



3 seconds From /* Ceti to S 



Piscium. 

 2 or 3 seconds From i Orionis to X 



Tauri 



3 second^. 



10 seconds ; 



very rapid 



course. 

 Rapid 



YeUow 



Bluish white.. 



Bluish white.. 

 White 



Tolerable 

 speed. 



6-8 sees. Very 

 slow, relaxing! 

 its speed. 



1-4 second 



From a Tami to S 

 Arietis. 



Through Pisces, 

 passing 3° or 4° 

 below the moon. 



From l^ below )3 to 

 y Ursae Majoris. 



From «AndromedaE 

 down towardsW, 

 atanangleof47° 



From the tad oi 

 Draco to altitudt 

 12° N.N.W. 



From I to /3 Bootia 



0-3 second ...'From B Camelopar- 

 dali to i (/c, \) 

 Draconis. 



0'6 second ... From k Cassiopeiae 

 toi(y, t)Cephei, 



0-3 second ... On a line froD 

 ? Orionis to i 

 Canis Majorid 

 (centre halfway). 



0-3 second ... From v Orionis toi 

 Leporis. 



I'l second ... From SAndromedae 

 towards the hoH 



Brilliant 

 silvery white. 



Same colour as 

 Sirius. 



1^ second ; 

 rapid. 



1-5 second . 



rizou. 

 Shot on a line from 

 7 Geminorum to 

 15 Canis Majoris. 

 From 3° above y 

 Eridaiii tonearan^ 

 below /3 Leporis. 



