56 



REPORT 1864. 



Date. 



1864. 

 Aug. 8 



8 



8 



8 



8 



9 

 9 



Hour. 



h m s 



11 28 p.m 



11 29 p.m 



11 45 p.m. 



11 48 p.m. 



Midnight... 



4 a.m. 



13 a.m. 



9 17 a.m. 



50 a.m. 



52 a.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Hawkhui'st 

 (Kent). 



Ibid, 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Greenwich 



Ibid. 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Ibid, 



Luxembourg 

 (Paris). 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



8 50 p.m. 



9 22 p.m 

 9 31 p.m. 

 9 33 p.m 

 9 52 p.m 

 10 1 p.m.Ibid 

 Ibid 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 



Ibid, 

 Ibid, 

 Ibid, 

 Ibid, 



10 1 7 

 p.m. 



10 2 5 

 p.m. 



Apparent Size. 



=3rd mag.« 

 =2nd mag.^- 

 =3rd mag.» 

 = ¥ 



Colour. 



=2nd mag.* 



= ]st mag.*.., 

 = 2^ 



Nearly=2/. 



Fireball, 2 >Venus 



Fireball ^ diameter 

 of full moou. 



Blue 



Blue ; very 



brilliant. 

 Greenish white 



Duration. 



1 to 2 seconds 



White 



White, green, 

 and yellow. 



Ibid, 



:2nd mag.4: 



=3rd mag.* 

 = 3rd mag.* 

 =2nd mag.* 



1st mag.» 

 =4th mag.« 



4th mag.* 



=3rd mag.% 



Orange 



Orange red ... 



Blue 



Orange red ... 



Orange 



Colourless ... 

 Colourless ... 



Colourless ... 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



Not more than 

 H second. 



0'5 second 



0"1 second 

 O'l second 

 0-2 second 

 03 second 

 0*1 second 

 0*1 second 



01 second ' 



From e Cygni to 

 I Scuti Sobieski. 



From i {a, /3) to k 

 Aquarii. 



Nearly to Fomal- 

 haut. 



From y Pegasi to w 

 Piscium. 



Across a Coronae 

 Borealis. 



From Cepheus to fi 



Pegasi. 

 From (i) Muscae, 



halfway to y 



Andromedae. 

 From V Persei, 



halfway to j; 



Tauri (Pleiades). 

 Centre 10° W. from 



N., altitude 18° ; 



towards the N. 



horizon. 

 From b Camelopar. 



di to d Aurigae. 



Reached its full 



dimensions near 



i Aurigae. 



From a Ophiuchi, 



moving towards 



I Ophiuchi. 

 Across a Andro 



medae. 

 Upvpards through 



Cassiopeia. 

 In the zenith ... 



Across Polaris.. 



N. of Nebula in 



Perseus. 

 Same place and 



similar to the 



last. 

 From 1° E. of 115 



Persei. 



