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REPORT 1864. 



Date. 



1863 

 Dec. 13 



13 



13 



13 



27 



27 



27 



27 



27 



27 



27 

 31 



1864. 

 Jan. 1 



Hour. 



h m s 

 10 11 30 



p.m. 



10 18 30 



p.m. 



10 44 30 

 p.m. 



10 52 15 

 p.m. 



Evening 



About 6 55 

 p.m. 



6 55 p.m. 



6 57 p.m. 



6 57 p.m. 



6 58 p.m. 



10 45 p.m. 



6 30 p.m. 



9 51 p.m. 



7 30 p.m. 

 to 8 30 p.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Hawkhurst 



(Kent). 

 Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Southampton ... 



Hallow (Worces- 

 tershire). 



East Harptree, 

 Mendip liills. 



Dulverton (So- 

 mersetshire). 



Wittersham Rye 

 (Kent). 



Tunbridge Wells 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 



Weston - super • 

 Mare. 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 



Apparent Size. 



= 3 J mag.* 

 =3rd mag.* 



=2nd mag.* 

 = 3rd mag.* 



Diameter 4^ inches 



Half diameter of 

 the moon. 



As large as the 

 moon. 



Large meteor 



As large as two 

 fists. 



Splendid meteor... 



= n. 



= lst mag.» 



Colour. 



Yellow 

 Wliite 



White 

 White 



Brilliantgreen, 

 passing into 

 deep red. 



Bright blue ; 

 followers 

 crimson. 



Bright bluish 

 colour. 



At first pale 

 yellow, be- 

 coming blue. 



Very bright 

 green and 

 light red. 



Yellow 



Colourless ; 

 brilliant. 



Blue. 



Duration. 



0'6 second .. 



0*6 second .. 



0'8 second .. 



1"2 second .. 



3 seconds. 



5 or 6 seconds 



Slow motion 

 20 seconds. 



20 or 30 sees.. 



0-7 second 



Slowly . 



2 seconds. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



From I (»), X) Tauri 



To a Muscae, | of 

 the course from 

 ^ Persei. 



From 2° N. of 

 Andromeda;, f 

 of the course to 

 V Pegasi. 



From i {r,f) Cus 

 todis, two-thirds 

 of the course to 

 Persei. 



First appeared in 

 S.W., and pro 

 ceeded to N.W. 



Commenced near 

 the Pleiades ; 

 disappeared just 

 above the south 

 horizon. 



Approached thebelt 

 of Orion from 15^ 

 north of it. 



Over Sandhurst .. 



In the S.W., at no 

 great aliiiude. 



Horizon. 



From ^ (« An 

 dromedse, /3 Pe 

 gasi). 



N.W., altitude 45° 

 moving slightly 

 downwards to- 

 wards N. 



From S Eridaui to 

 54 Sceptri. 



I 



