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REPORT — 18G4. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



18G3. h ni 

 Dec. 5 7 57 p.m. 



Hale (Manches- 

 ter). 



Large and bright... 



White ; tail 

 purplish red, 



2 or 3 seconds 



Disappeared about 

 20° above the 

 horizon, and 15° 

 from the v^-est 

 margin of the 

 Milky Way. 



7 57 p.m. 



Liverpool . 



7 58 p.m. 

 7 58 p.m. 



7 58 p.m. 

 About 8 p.m. 



\bout8p.m, 



Broughton 

 Bridge, Salford 

 (Manchester). 



West Bromwich 

 (Birmingham). 



Stretford (Man- 

 chester). 



Preston (Lanca- 

 shire). 



Liverpool. 



Selkirk (Scot- 

 land). 



Two very vivid 

 flashes. 



Large as a hen's 



egg- 



Half < moon , 



Cast shadows 



=full moon. 



Tint blue , 



White, green, 

 and pink. 



Purple and 

 yellow. 



Blue-purple... 



Pale blue , 



.Vbout 5 or 6 

 seconds. 



2 or 3 seconds 



About 2 sees... 



8 or 10 sees... 



A few seconds 



From N.W. to 

 N.E. Not fai* 

 from the posi- 

 tion of the Polar- 

 star. 



Fell towards thf 

 river near the sus- 

 pension-bridge. 



In N.W., altitudt 

 about 45°. 



i 



Due W. Disap- 

 peared abou' 

 halfway from t 

 zenith to the hi 

 rizon. 



FroraneartheMilb 

 Way (W.N.W.'l 

 altitude 45°) u\\ 

 altitude 15°. 



In N.N.W., altitud( 

 40°. 



In the W. (disap 

 peared behini'" 

 clouds). 



