6^ 



REPORT — 1864. 



Date. 



18G4. 

 Aug. 9 



9 



9 



9 

 9 



9 



9 

 9 

 9 



Hour. 



h m s 

 11 3 p.ni, 



11 5 7 



p.m. 

 11 6 p.m. 



11 6 p.m. 

 11 6 30 



p.m. 

 11 10 5 



p.m. 

 11 10 20 



p.m. 

 11 10 40 



p.m. 

 11 14 6 



p.m. 

 11 15 p.m. 



11 18 p.m. 



11 19 30 



p.m. 

 11 20 p.m. 



11 22 30 



p.m. 

 11 23 40 



p.m. 



11 24 25 



p.m. 

 11 25 p.m. 



11 26 p.m. 



(2 meteors). 



11 26 p.m. 



11 27 p.m. 



11 29 10 

 p.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Greenwich , 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 



Weston - super . 

 Mare. 



Ibid , 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Greenwich 



Ibid 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 



Weston - super - 

 Mare. 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Greenwich 



Weston - super - 

 Mare. 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 



Ibid , 



Apparent Size. 



= l8tmag.* ... 



= 2nd mag.* ... 



3= 2nd mag.« ... 



=2nd mag.* ... 

 = 2nd mag.* ... 



= 4th mag.* ... 



= 3rdmag.« ... 



=^5th mag.* ... 



a=4th mag.* ... 



«=lstmag.» .... 



«e Venus 



= 2nd mag.# ... 



Larger than 1st 



mag.* 

 = 1st mag.* ... 



= lstmag.# ... 



= 4thmag.« ... 



^2ndmag.* ... 



No. 1 =2nd mag.* 

 No. 2 = 4th raag.* 



Colour. 



Bluish white... 



Blue 



Blue 



Blue 



Colourless ... 



Colourless 



Colourless 



Colourless , 



Colourless . 



Blue 



Orange .... 



Orange red , 

 Red , 



Yellowish..., 

 Yellowish... 



Yellowish... 

 Yellowish... 

 Both blue 



i'2nd mag.« 

 = 5th mag.* 

 = 2nd mag.* 



Blue 



Yellowish... 

 Orange red 



Duration. 



1^ second ... 



0"2 second ... 

 1 second ...... 



Near E. horizon ... 

 j; to 5 Pegasi 



1 second .. 

 0'2 second 



0*1 second ... 

 0"1 second ... 

 0-1 second ... 

 O'l second ... 

 1 to 2 seconds 



1 to 2 seconds 



0'2 second ... 



2 seconds 



Rapid 



Rapid 



Rapid 



Rapid 



Each lasted 1 

 second. 



In Perseus 



Through e Cassio- 



peiae. 

 Through llSPersei 



Near 116 Persei .. 



Toj3Bootis 



1 second 

 Rapid ... 



Slow, duration 

 2 seconds. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



To Delphinus 



ij to ^ Pegasi 

 InS 



From the left of a 

 Lyrse to a group 

 of small stars 

 near y Ophiuchi. 



In zenith 



« Capricorni to x 

 Sagittarii. 



Across Polaris and 

 over Kochab. 



2° below X Draco- 

 nis, passing half- 

 way between (5and 

 6 Ursae Majoris. 



From S toy Cassio- 

 peise. 



From Polaris across 

 Ursa Minor. 



In N., in the vici- 

 nity of Ursa Ma 

 jor: No. 1, from 

 the direction of 

 Polaris almost to 

 e Ursae Majoris ; 

 No. 2, traversed 

 a short distance 

 ill the direction 

 of the horizon 

 near tj Ursae Ma- 

 joris. 



From j; Ursse Ma- 

 joris to CorCaroli- 



In zenith 



From .1f° above 

 No. 1 1 4 Persei 

 across e Cassio 

 peiae. 



