16 



REPORT — 1864. 



Date. 



1863. 

 Nov. 29 



29 



29 



Hour. 



h m 



7 28 p.m. 



7 31 p.m. 



8 45 p.m. 



29 9 18 p.m. 



29 



30 

 30 



Dec. 1 

 1 



1 

 1 



1 



2 



2 

 2 



3 

 4 



9 4.T p.m. 

 to 10 p.m. 



6 p.m. 

 to 6 15 p.m 

 9 26 p.m 



Place of 

 Observation. 



l'rest\vitcli(Maii- 



Chester). 

 Ibid 



Weston - super ■ 



Mare. 

 rest\vitcb(Man. 



Chester). 

 Charing Cross 



(Loudon). 



Prest\vitch(Man. 



Chester). 

 Weston - super • 



Mare. 



8 8 p.m, 

 8 15 p.m. 



8 16 p.m. 



9 5 p.m. 

 9 50 p.m. 



8 57 p.m 



9 p.m. 

 9 29 p.m. 



10 17 p.m. 



8 45 p.m. 



Between 7 

 and 8 p.m. 



5 Shortlyafter 

 7 p.m. 



.\bout 7 45 

 p.m. 



A. few mi' 



nutes be, 

 fore 8 p.m 



A few mi- 

 nutes be. 

 fore 8 p.m 



A. few mi- 

 nutes be. 

 fore 8 p.m 



Prestwitcli(Man- 



cliester). 

 Ibid 



Ibid., 

 [bid., 

 tl)id 



Apparent Size. 



= 2nd mag.* 

 = lst mag.tt 



Bright as the moon; 



very large. 

 = 3rd raag.» 



As large round as 

 the mouth of r. 

 tumbler. 



1^-' diameter 

 >lst mag.* 



= 2nd mag.jf 

 2 >- Sirius .. 



Weston - super 

 Mare. 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid . 



Prestwitch(Man. 



Chester). 

 Carnarvon 



Kingstown 

 (Ireland). 



Ledbury (Here- 

 ford). 



Stretton (Here- 

 ford). 



Langorse 

 (Brecknock). 



Idle, near Brad- 

 ford. 



= 2nd mag.* 



= 2nd mag.* 



= 4th mag.* 



>-lst mag.» 



= 2ud mag.* 

 = lst mag.* 



= lst mag.* 

 = 3rd mag.* 



Colour. 



Bright white. 

 White 



White 



Dark blue, 

 then white. 



Bright white... 



Duration. 



0'75 second , 

 0'5 second 



1'25 second. 



3 seconds. 

 2 seconds. 



Very brilliant mc 

 teor. 



Lit the sky like 

 sheet lightning. 



A flash like light 

 ning. 



Whitish 



lleddish white 



Bright yellow 



Blue 



Dull yellow ... 



Bluish white 

 Reddish white 



2 seconds. 



second 



1 second .... 

 3 seconds ; 

 very slow. 



Blue 



Filled the sky with 

 light. 



Brilliant ; = rocket 

 at a few hundred 

 yards. 



Yellow tinged 

 with blue. 



White 



Purple, blue, 

 and white. 



i second .., 

 05 second 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



2-5 seconds .. 



Several sees.. 



From /3 Cassiopeia" 

 to K Andromeda;, 



From I Cephci to jc, 

 Cassiopeia. 



In E., altitude 30° 

 to 45°. 



From E Cephei to 

 S Cvgni. 



From'20°N. of the 

 zenith to Is.E 

 altitude 20°. 



From V to ip Ursac 



Majoris. 

 From K Draconis to 



ic Cygni, passing 



between j3, y 



Ursaj Minoris. 

 Commenced at i 



Lyrpc. 

 From p Lyncis 



halfway to ; 



Ursa; Slajuiis. 

 From j3 Ursa; Ma, 



joris. I 



From y Pegasi to i' 



Ceti. 

 From 2 to Dra 



conis. 

 From UrsK Ma 



joris. 

 From OGeminorun 

 From li. A. 137° 



N. Decl. 35° ti 



the N.E. i N 



horizon. 

 From j3 Eridani t 



j3 Orionis. 

 From ^ to (T Cephei 



and as far again 

 Passed over th 



town to Bon 



Newydd, wher 



it disappeared. 

 .\ppeared in the I 



and descende 



into the sea. 

 disappeared befoi 



it reached tl 



ground. , 



Nearly in R.A. 15: 



N. Decl. 50°. 



Facing N.W., tl 

 11 gilt appeared i 

 be behind. 



Burst into sigl 

 due \V. 



