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REPORT — 1864. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Place of 

 Obsen'ation. 



Apparent Size. 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude r.ml 



Azimuth. 



1863. 

 Dec. 12 



h m s 

 From 6 p.m. 

 tolO p.m 



Norwich 



12 8 37 p.m. 



12 



12 

 12 



12 



12 



12 

 12 



12 

 12 



12 



12 



12 

 12 



12 



12 



12 

 12 

 12 



9 10 p.m. 



9 16 p.m. 

 9 17 p.m. 



9 18 p.m. 



9 19 p.m. 



9 20 p.m. 

 9 23 p.m 



9 29 p.m 

 9 52 p.m. 



9 58 p.m 



10 9 15 



p.m. 

 10 13 p.m 

 10 16 p.m 



10 21 p.m. 



Greenwich 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Weston - super 



Mare. 

 Ibid 



[bid. 



10 21 p.m. 



10 23 p.m, 



10 24 45 



p.m. 

 10 28 p.m. 



Trafalgar Square 

 (London). 



Hawkhurst 



(Kent). 

 Trafalgar Square 



(London). 



Weston - super - 



Mare. 

 Trafalgar Square 



(London). 



Bright shooting- 

 stars. 



:5 th mag.» ; very 

 faint. 



=2nd mag.* 



> 1st mag.* 

 = 2nd mag.« 



Ibid, 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Trafalgar Square 

 (London). 



Hawkhurst 



(Kent). 

 Ibid 



=2nd mag.» 



=3rd mag.* 



= 2nd mag.» 

 :1st mag.*.., 



--§n 



:H mag.* 

 :]st mag.*. 



=3rd mag.* 



=3Jmag.# . 

 -2^ mag.# , 



Ibid, 



=3rd mag.* 



=3rd mag.* 



=3| mag.» 

 »"3rd mag.* 

 =2| mag.* 



Blue 



White 



Clue and white 



White 



Bright yellow 

 White 



Less than 

 second. 



0-5 second 



1 second .. 



2 seconds.., 



1^ second 

 0"4 second 



White 



White 

 White 



White 



White 

 White 

 White 



2 seconds. 



1 second . 



2 seconds, 

 i second . , 



0-4 second 



0-5 second 

 0-4 second 



0-6 second 



0"5 second 

 0'6 second 

 08 second 



The part of the 

 heavens where 

 they were most 

 plentiful, and 

 whence they ap 

 peared to origi- 

 nate, was the 

 constellation 

 Perseus. 

 1 From V Ursa; Ma 

 joris, directly 

 towards a Ursa; 

 Majoris. 



From d Camelo- 

 pardali to m Cus- 

 todis. 



From 6 Lyrae to 

 /3 Cygiii. 



From 6 Ursne Mi- 

 noris to Head of 

 Camelopardalus. 



From S Ursa; Mi- 

 noris to Head of 

 Camelopardalus. 



From -J (a, y) Ari- 

 etis to R. A. Ih 

 48™, N.Decl.l0°. 



From 6 Tauri to 

 Ceti. 



From TT Orionis to 

 2= or 3° E. of « 

 Ceti. 



From ? Draconis to 

 S Cygni. 



From h (iS, i) Pe- 

 gasi to 5° W. of 

 ? Pegasi. 



From (j;, );) Ursae 

 Majoris to the 

 north horizon. 



To d Ursae Majoris 



From V to p Persei 



From I Aurigae, half- 

 way to Z; Persei. 



From 6 C.issio- 

 peiae, two-thirds 

 of the way to A 

 Andromedae. 



From 5° below 

 7 Orionis to 5° 

 below V Tauri. 



From a to <5 Ceti... 



From <pto T) Tauri.. 



From P Camelo- 

 pardali to | (c, ^) 

 Ursae Minoris. 



