230 REPORT—1863. 
Place of 
Date.| Hour. Observation. Apparent Size. Colour. Duration. 
1862.) h m 
Noy.16|10 40 p.m./Hampstead(Lon-|Bright meteor, like| Nucleus white,|................0. 
don). a globe. track green- 
ish. 
16/10 48 p.m.|Weston - super -/Twice as large as|Bright yellow./i3 second ; 
Mare. Venus ; light = very rapid. 
half moon. 
22) 902) pans N Did) scsnasceseuecs- Resembled Mars ...|Resembled } second 
Mars. 
23| 7 8 p.m.|Ibid...... seoeeesss Two shooting-stars,|Blue — .......0/sesceceeceeeceuee 
Ist and 2nd mag. 
23), 8030 Pm. |[DId ..ccccroseorece Quarter moon’s dia-|Deep orange.../3° or 4° in 1 
meter. sec.; very 
slow. 
26) 6 40 p.m.|Leeds .........44 Bright meteor ......|+++eeeeseeeereeees More - slowly 
than any 
shooting- 
star. 
° s 
e 
~~” 
26| 6 48 p.m./Peebles ......... Double the size Off......ccccsreeeeee Very rapid ... 
the largest planet. 
26 About7p.m.|Selkirk (Rox-|Light like the MOON],.....s00..-cseecslecssecsseseseesees 
burghshire). 
26 7 45 p.m./Melbourne (S.|Fully as large as/Pale, but in-|.............0006 
Australia). the moon. Light! tensely bright 
quite —_ eclipsed) hue. 
the moonlight. 
27| 4 55 p.m.|Strasbourg ...... Great fireball. c.5.3|..0..00cesenee onss|vocseanssh GoveeaNe 
27) 5 40 p.m./Millwall, N.bank|Appeared to be as|Green, yellow,|........+++0++ oes 
of the River} large as the full} blue, alter- 
Thames, oppo-| moon. nately. 
site Greenwich 
Hospital. 
27| 5 45 p.m.|Torquay .........,/Apparent size ofColour of full|2 seconds...... 
full moon. moon. 
* 
Position, or 
Altitude and 
Azimuth, 
Appeared 
below, 
little 
Mars. 
From 4° 
Mars. 
and 
west 
S.B. 
..|From @ Pisciun 
il Ceti. Pas 
within 3° ( 
of Mars. 
Disappeared 
Mars. 
Appeared 3° ¢ 
o Eridani. 
den from 
after falling 
cr 5°. 
wecetecgt ss ecnas “ 
ot 
In Ursa Maje 
4 
~ = 
° °F 
« e @ 
Appeared in } 
Passed with g 
velocity across 
heavens to SJ 
Passed overhea 
altitude 42°, 
W. from S. 
Passed near 
zenith. 1 
Appeared nea 
zenith, 
moved on 
inclined pat 
wards S. hor 
Began and 
E. of Ma 
Lower 
Mars. 1 | 
