60 



REPORT 1864. 



Date. 



1864. 

 Aug. 9 



Hour. 



h m s 



10 32 30 



p.m. 



Greenwich 



10 35 p.m. 

 10 36 p.m. 

 10 37 p.m. 

 10 42 p.m. 



10 46 20 



p.m. 

 10 47 p.m. 



10 48 p.m. 



10 51 p.m 



10 54 p.m. 

 10 57 p.m. 



10 59 30 

 p.m. 



11 p.m. 



11 2 p.m 



11 2 30 

 p.m. 



Weston - super 



Mare. 

 Ibid 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Ibid. 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 



Ibid. 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Beeston Obser 



vatory. 

 Weston - super ■ 



Mare. 

 Beeston Obser 



vatory. 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Apparent Size. 



= lst mag.> 



Larger than 1 st 

 mag.Hc 

 1st mag.» 



=2nd mag.* 



=3rd or 4th mag.* 



=3rd mag.* 

 = 4th mag.* 



= 3rd mag.» 



= Polaris 



11 2 30 

 p.m. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Greenwich 



:4th mag.# 

 =2nd mag.* 

 :2nd mag.* 



= m AquUae. 



Colour. 



Blue 



Blue 

 Blue 

 Blue 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



1 second 



Orange red 



i second .., 

 1 second .., 



1 second ... 

 0"2 second 



02 second 



Colourless ...0"1 second 



Colourless 



Blue 



Red 



=2nd mag.* 



, Cygni 



Small, = 5th mag.* 



Bright white. 



0*1 second 

 1 second ... 

 0"3 second 



From the centre 

 of the space be- 

 tween Cassiopeia 

 and Perseus due 

 N. towards the 

 horizon. Point 

 of disappearance • 

 30° perpendi- 

 cularly below i 

 Polaris. 



Through (12), (13),; 

 Camelopardi. 

 Cassiopeise to y i 

 Andromedae. 



From a Cassiopeiae 

 northwards. 



5° below No. 115 

 Persei. 



In Cassiopeia to- 

 wards Polaris. 



On the line from 

 a Lyrae to • ■ 

 Herculis. Centre 

 halfway. 



Near Polaris ... 



From 2° below Po- 

 laris to i Dra- 

 conis. 



In Aquila 



From ju to e Sagit- 



tarii. 

 From near 115 



Persei. 



From ? Draconis, 

 ^ of the way to 

 »; Herculis. 



From e Aquila' 

 to / Scuti So- 

 bieski. 



From 2 or (T Cephei 

 across S Cygni to 

 F, K Cerbeii, 

 and 2° or 3 

 further. 



A short path of 3 

 or 4" betweeij 

 Vulpecula and 

 Delphinus. 



