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REPOBT 1864. 



Date. 



1864 

 Feb. 9 



Hour. 



h m 



9 12 p.m. 



10 17 p.m, 



10 



Mar. 1 

 1 



2 



10 20 p.m 



8 14 p.m 



9 35 p.m. 

 17 a.m. 



5 

 6 



6 



9 



12 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Hawkburst 



(Kent). 

 Hay (S. Wales)., 



Wolverliarapton 



Hawkburst 



(Kent). 

 Weston - super ■ 



Mare. 

 Flimwell, Hurst- 

 green (Sussex) 



Apparent Size. 



= 3rd mag.* 



About tbe greatest 

 splendour of 

 Venus. 



Colour. 



Yellow . 



Very fine 

 yellow. 



7 35 p.m. 



8 to 9 p.m. 



7 50 p.m 



8 37 p.m. 



9 30 to 10 

 30 p.m. 



30 a.m 



Diameter 5', or one 

 sixtb diameter of 

 tbe moon. 



2ndmag.» 

 1st mag.*. 



= n 



Weston - super 

 Mare. 



Hawkburst 



(Kent). 

 Manchester , 



Hawkburst 



(Kent). 

 Prestwitch(Man- 



cbester). 

 Ibid 



Bluisb wbite, 

 like Rigel. 



Duration. 



07 second .. 

 About 5 sees. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimutb. 



From 2 to A Ursre 

 Miuoris. 



From a point one 

 third of the dis 

 tance from Rigel 

 to Sirius, to the 

 horizon. 



Orange. 



Dull yellow ... 

 Topaz-yellow . 



2| seconds 

 while in 

 sight. 



2-2 seconds , 

 25 sees., slow 

 1| second 



Very large meteor. 



Three falling stars. 

 Bright meteor 



Blue and yel- 

 low. 



= 3rd mag.* ... 



Two shooting-stars 



Quarter diameter of 

 the moon. 



From j3 Canis Mi- 

 noris directly S 

 Termination con- 

 cealed by build- 

 ings. 



From t to A Dra- 

 conis. 



From (T Herculis to 

 the horizon. 



From 4° N.E. of| 

 Saturn to 3° E 

 of Spica. 



I second 



Bluish white.. 



Red 



Slow motion.. 



1 second 



Commencement! 5° 

 or 20° above tbe 

 N.W. horizon. 



From Polaris to y 



Cephei. 

 In the W., altitude 



20°. 



From Polaris to y 



Cephei. 

 Near Polaris ... 



In N.W., altitude 

 45° ; from Ca- 

 pella to Cassio- 

 peia. 



