32 



REPORT 1864. 



Date. 



1863 

 Dec. 5 



Hour. 



h m s 

 8 2 p.m. 



8 3 p.m. 



9 50 15 

 p.m. 



9 56 p.m. 



10 7 30 

 p.m. 



10 7 45 

 p.m. 



ro 8 p.m. 

 10 15 p.m 



Place of 

 Observation. 



11 13 p.m. 

 10 8 p.m. 



10 21 45 

 p.m. 



Douglas (Isle of 

 Man). 



Royton, Oldham 

 (Manchester). 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Ibid. 



Apparent Size. 



Head = diameter of 

 fullmooninlength, 

 ^ ditto in breadth. 



i diameter of full 

 moon. 



:Hmag.*, 



Trafalgar Square 

 (London). 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Ibid 



Trafalgar Square 

 (London). 



Hawkhurst 



(Kent). 

 Ibid 



8 



12 



12 



11 56 p.m 



U 56 30 



p.m. 



U 59 30 

 p.m. 



5 33 p.m. 



5 40 p.m. 



Ibid, 



=2^ mag.».. 

 =2nd mag.» 

 =:2nd mag.« 

 —2^ mag.% 

 = 3^ mag.* . . , 



= Ist mag.Jt. 

 =2imag.* ., 



:2nd mag.jt 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Nottingham. 



::2imag.* .. 

 =3rd rn^.* 



=2nd mag.« 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Head green, 

 tail red and 

 yellow. 



White 



White 

 White 

 White 

 Ruddy 

 Bluish 



White . 



White . 



As long as the 

 flight of a 

 rocket. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



4 seconds. 



1-2 second 



0'9 second 



1 second 



White, then 

 yellow, then 

 red. 



White . 

 Yellow 



White , 



1*3 second 

 0'5 second 

 0-4 second 



1'5 second 

 0*4 second 



1"5 second 



0*5 second 

 0*5 second 



Oundle (Cam. 

 bridgeshire). 



Fine rocket - like 

 meteor. 



Prismatic (red 

 and blue), 



2 seconds 



2 seconds.. 



In E. or S.E., altl 

 tude 30° or 45°, 



In W.S.W., froi 

 altitude 50° tt 

 altitude 38°. 



From C Camelo- 

 pardali to J {j^ 

 Persei, S Cassio- 

 peiae). 



From 2° W. of d 

 Camelopardali to 

 A Custodis. 



From fj. Tauri to i 

 {y, v) Ceti. 



Fromi(y,X) Tauri 

 to ^ (y Arietis, 

 Ko Ceti). 



Described a short 

 arc round (3 An- 

 dromedae. 



From g Gemino 

 rum to a few 

 degrees above 

 and following 

 Procyon. 



From 8tok Piscium 



From 3° N. of » 

 almost to t Pe- 

 gasi. 



From N Camelo- 

 pardali to i (y 

 Ursse Minoris, a 

 Draconis). 



From A Custodis to 

 I Cassiopeiae. 



From i;, y, T 

 Persei to ^ {(p 

 Persei, Cassio- 

 peiae). 



From 2° N. of 

 K, to 2° preced. 

 ing y Andro- 

 medae. 



From 2° below y 

 Arietis over i) 

 and B Piscium to 

 X Piscium. 



From i (a. Tri. 

 anguli, a Ari- 

 etis) across x 

 Piscium and y 

 Pegasi almost 

 to the urn of 

 Aquarius. 



