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REPORT 1864. 



Date. 



Hovir. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



Colovu'. 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



1864. 

 Aug. 9 



9 



9 



h m s 



11 41 31 



p.m. 



11 42 3 

 p.m. 



11 43 30 

 p.m. 



11 44 45 



p.m. 



11 46 p.m. 

 (2 meteors.) 



11 46 5 



p.m. 

 11 48 p.m, 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 



Ibid 



Greenwich 



Beeston Obser^ 

 vatory. 



Ibid.. 



Ibid , 



Greenwich 



= 4th mag.* 



:4th mag.« 



:2nd mag.* 



= 2nd mag.* 



=2nd mag.* 

 =3rd mag.* 



=3rd mag.* 

 = 2nd mag.* 



Yellow , 



YeUow 



Blue 



Rapid ... 

 Rapid ... 

 1 second 



YeUow . 



Rapid 



Blue 



1 second 



11 48 p.m 



11 48 10 



p.m. 

 11 49 32 



p.m. 



11 51 20 



p.m. 

 11 52 p.m 



Ibid. 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 

 Ibid 



Ibid 



Greenwich 



=2nd mag.* 



=2nd mag.* 

 = 1st mag.* 



=2nd mag.« 



Blue 



Less than 1 

 second. 



:1st mag.* ; very 

 brilliant. 



Red 



Yellowish., 



Yellowish 

 Blue 



Slow.., 

 Rapid 



Rapid ... 

 1 second 



1 1 53 p.m, 



11 55 30 



p.m. 

 11 58 p.m. 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 

 Ibid .., 



Across Polaris 



From S Ursse Ma- 

 joris. 



To a point midway 

 between Capella 

 and (i Aurigae, 

 from 11° above. 



Across Polaris 



One from 4 1 Muscae 

 Borealis towards 

 the east horizon, 

 the other from 

 \ Andromedse 

 across r] Pegasi. 



From r across /i 



Cygni. 

 Across the Pleiades 



towards horizon- 



I 



In the space be- 

 tween the upper 

 part of Auriga, 

 and Perseus. 



r below the Ne- 

 bula in Perseus. 



From halfway be 

 tween ^i and i 

 Cygni across /3 

 Delphini. 



FromjSAndromedae 

 towards Algenib. 



Across Ursa Major, 

 and disappeared 

 near y Ursse Ma- 

 joris. 



Ibid, 



:5th mag. stars. 

 :2nd mag.* .... 

 :3rd mag.* .... 



Yellow .. 

 Colourless 



Rapid 



Slow.., 



1° west of X Cygni 



to fi Herculis. 

 About 10° below 



Corona Borealis. 



coming towards N 



