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REPORT—1863. 
Date. 
1862. 
Nov. 27 
27 
27 
27 
27 
7|Appeared 
Hour. 
hm s 
5 45 p.m. 
5 45 p.m. 
5 45 p.m. 
5 45 p.m. 
5 45 pm. 
5 45 p.m. 
547 5 
p-m. 
547 5 
p-m. 
Extinction. 
Place of . 
Observation. Apparent Size. Colour. 
DOAN oc cede cones ian imesteenees sonbestatieis|s ey ccece Peete 
Sunderland Brighter than 
(Durham), Venus. 
Hastings ......... 
Saltford (Bath)..|Half diameter of 
Broxbourne...... 
Sandgate (near|Greatest width 0° 
Dover). 
Grantham ...... 
Magnificent meteor 
Width across the 
eer e ene eeeteeereeserenls 
At the end, behind... 
houses, the light 
increased very 
brightly, 
moon. 
13’ ; greatest 
length 0° 26’. 
Would certainly 
have appeared a 
bright body on 
the surface of the 
moon. 
head 31’; length 
longitudinally 1° 
17’; by compa- 
rison with the 
moon. 
HOOT eee tee eerens 
Red, then blue, 
Colour of me- 
Blue 
White ........./3 seconds..... 
then red. 
teor white, 
butreflected 
light bluish, 
Fee eeeeee 
eovscoscescees-| While «a per- 
Barely 3 secs.. 
6 or 8 seconds 
Not more than 
From « Ceti to 
Position, or 
Altitude and’ 
Azimuth. 
From near Ma 
passed under 
moon, and bu 
at altitude 2 
above the he 
zon. 
.|From altitude § 
38° E. from §, 
altitude3°, 5° 
from S. 
Passed some 
tance below t 
moon into a lo 
dark cloud tot 
right of it. 
From about al 
tude 60° to abo 
altitude 35°. — 
about a mile « 
and 400 or. 
yards high, 
an Appeared at R.. 
23%, S. Decl. 7 
View commence 
near « el 
passed 
across B 
and 
Fomalhaut, 
nishing 4° 
yond this st 
and about 5 
above the hoi 
zon. _Dropp 
balis of _ lig 
between 6 C 
and Fomalhaut. 
