214 REPORT—1863. 
- £ Position, or 
Date Ob are G Apparent Size. Colour. Duration. Altitude and 
servation. ‘Azimuth. a 
1861.|h m 
Nov.19} 9 45 p.m./London ......... Very surprising (Colour a fine About 60° ...|.........++ Pe 
meteor. sky-blue. 
Dec. 5| 7 15 p.m.|Lat. 6° 2’ N.,|=1st mag.#.........|..ccccesseessesees 15 sec. «.....|From — Cassiopél 
Long. 17° 45' through Lynx, 
8| 8 20 p.m. Seacombe (near|Half diameter of WE dicks dh saad sl eenwsceteweneimenien It disappeare) 
Liverpool). full moon. Light about 40° aboy 
like the sun, the horizon, 
casting deep the three bri 
~ shadows on all stars of Draco, 
objects. 
Siehitc -arm:|Iont. Loma, NG) = 2nd mage. sccdeclsooscceusves.ccess|secaerdd conse rene a Crucis thr 
Long. 19° W. 6. to “<a 
tauri. 
24/9 © pim.|Lat. 35° 54” S.,J=2nd mag.x .....<|-.0000.-bocsoesa0s[aen= san see eeneene Greater Mage! 
Long. 5°14’E. cloud to 
nopus. 
31) 9: 20) pim-| Late SFE SOS. P—2ndimare «6. xt). ceecees|ancoesecesscoercees Canopus _ toy 
a 23° 28 Achernar. 
1862. 
Jan. 20) 8 35 p.m. tae 21° 30’ S.,|=1st mag.*......... Wihite ......... T-b\see., ce-ees 3 Hydre Aus 
Long. 74° 20’ to » Touca 
E. 
Feb. 2) 7 15 p.m.|Lat. 9° 55’ N.,|Venus ............... WATT caesar 3 seconds...... From Monocer 
between Ceylon 30° above # 
and Madras. horizon. 
21| 8 52 p.m.|Cambridge Ob-|Auroral arch ...... WIRE ones. ec Endured a |Gradually ro! 
G.M.T. | servatory. considerable} wards the ze 
time. Passed ove 
Pole-star 
, _ 52™ p.m. 
23) 9 25 p.m.|/Weston - super -|Light as strong as|Red .......00...|..-cescseccssseces|ecseeeceeecee soa 
Mare. half-moon. 
Mar.27| 9 20 p.m.|Kurrachee(Bom-|Exceedingly large Blue............ 2 or 3 seconds/From nearly due 
bay), India. meteor. under Ri 
the Pleiades. | 
