59 



REPORT 1864. 



Date. 



1864 

 Aug. 9 



Hour. 



h m s 

 10 3 p.m. 



10 4 6 



p.m. 

 10 5 p.m. 



10 6 10 

 p.m. 



10 8 p.m. 



10 12 10 



p.m. 

 10 14 p.m. 



10 17 5 

 p.m. 



10 19 p.m. 



10 23 p.m. 



10 25 p.m. 



10 25 p.m. 



10 26 p.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Greenwich 



Apparent Size. 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 

 Greenwich ... 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 



10 27 20 



p.m. 



9 10 30 p.m. 



10 31 p.m. 



10 32 p.m. Ibid 



Ibid, 



Ibid, 

 Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Greenwich 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 

 Ibid 



Weston - super 

 Mare. 



Ibid. 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 

 Ibid 



Weston - super . 

 Mare. 



10 32 p.m. 



Greenwich 



=3rd mag.* ... 



= 2nd mag.* ... 

 = lst mag.* 



= 4th mag.* ... 



=2nd mag.* ... 



=3rd mag.* ... 

 =2nd mag.* ... 

 = 2nd mag.* ... 



— 1st mag.* ... 



=3rd mag.* ... 

 = lst mag.* 



Larger than 1 st 

 mag.* 



=3rd mag.* ... 



=3rd mag.* ... 

 = lst mag.* 



= 2nd mag.* ... 



= 1st mag.* .... 



= lstmag.* .... 



Colour. 



Blue 



Orange red ... 

 Blue, brilliant 



Colourless . . 



Orange 



Orange 



Colourless .. 

 Red 



Blue 



Orange red ... 

 Orange red ... 



Reddishyellow 



Blue 



Orange red ... 

 Orange red ... 



Yellow 



Blue 



Blue 



Duration. 



1 second 



0*1 second 

 I second ... 



01 second 



0*2 second 



O'l second 

 O'l second 

 0'3 second 



1 second 



0-1 second 

 0'7 second 



rs second 



1 second 



O'l second 

 0'7 second 



1 second 



2 seconds 



1 second 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



From Equuleus to- 

 wards the S. ho- 

 rizon. 



Across Aries 



From a point be 

 tween j3 and n 

 Pegasi to the 

 left of a Pe 

 gasi. 



Halfway between e 

 and jS Persei. 



Near Polaris 



In zenith 

 In zenith 



Across 7] Ursae Ma- 

 joris. 



From e Cygni, 



across Delphinus 



and 6 Aquilae ; 



disappeared 10° 



beyond the latter 



star. 

 Just below No. 115 



Persei. 

 From y Ursse Mi- 



noris towards y 



Bootis. 

 From a Herculis to 



R.A. 251°, Decl. 



S 12° 

 From K.A. 268°, 



Decl. N. 7°, to 



R.A. 280°,Decl. 



S. 3°. 

 In zenith 



From 1] towards 6 

 Persei. 



Through (12), (13) 

 Camelopardi. 



From R. A. 75°, 

 Decl. N. 83°. 



To Equuleus 



