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REPORT 1864. 



Date. 



1864. 

 Aug. 6 



6 



Hour. 



h m 

 9 12 p.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



9 22 p.m. Ibid 



10 18 p.m, 



10 20 p.m. 



10 21 p.m. 



11 4 p.m. 



11 6 p.m. 



11 15 p.m. 



11 19 p.m. 



11 33 p.m. 



15 a.m. 



18 a.m. 



Stanstead, Seven- 

 oaks (Kent). 



Apparent Size. 



=3rd mag.* 

 =3rd mag.* 



Fairseat, Wro- 

 tham (Kent). 



Luyembourg, 

 Paris. 



Hawkburst 

 (Kent). 



Ibid, 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Greenwich 



Somewhat smaller 

 than full moon. 



A small disk, but 

 as bright as the 

 moon. 



Fireball, 1^-3 

 Venus. 



= 3rd mag.» 

 =« Lyrae .. 



:2nd mag.* 



=3rd mag.* 



= 2ndmag.# 



=2nd mag.* 



= 2nd mag.* 



Colour. 



White on first 

 appearance 

 but the two 

 bodies into 

 which it di 

 vided red 

 and blue. 



Dazzling light 

 blue. 



White, then 

 blue, at length 

 green. 



White 



Blue 



Duration. 



About half a 

 minute. 



3 seconds. 



^ second 



Nearly 1 sec... 

 Slow ; 1^ sec, 

 ^ second ...... 



I second 



Quick 



Almost mo- 

 mentary. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



Passed across X 

 Andromedae and 

 y or a Cassio- 

 peias. 



From i (fi Pegasi, 

 \ Andromedae) 

 to i (/3 Pegasi, e 

 Andromedae). 



First seen in the 

 eastern part of 

 the heavens, at 

 an altitude of 

 50°. 



In the eastern sky ; 

 from altitude 60° 

 to altitude 15° 



From between jj and 

 /3 Persei (near y 

 Persei), to the 

 horizon, N.W. 



From below 9 Cas- 

 siopeiae to below 

 j8 Pegasi. 



Two or three de- 

 grees above and 

 left of 7] Aquarii. 



From 2° east of 

 Polaris towards 

 Capella. 



From i {a. An- 

 dromedae, /3 Pe- 

 gasi) to \ (« 

 Andromedae, y 

 Pegasi). 



On a line from 

 y Draconis to a 

 Ophiuchi, nearly 

 the whole way. 



From |(a,y Pegasi) 

 to 2° above a 

 Aquarii. 



From 5 Aquilae to- 

 wards the south 

 horizon. 



