REPORT—1863. 
Place of : : Positional 
Date. Hour, Observation. Apparent Size. Colour. Duration. mlsads and 
zimuth. 
1862.|h m { 
Noy.27| 6 30 p.m.|Windsor ......... Cast shadowS}.......++0008 scedsl ieeeseeeese ate. Underneath | 
through a window moon. Alti 
more strong than about 15°. 
those of the 
moon. ' 
27|..2..++++ee8..| Bray  (County/Width at head half|Blue andgreen|Lasted only a/Appeared alt 
Wicklow). diameter of moon, fewseconds.| due E., | 
, tapering to ex- moved rap 
tremity of tail; to about — 
four moon’s dia- S.E. at ant 
meters in length. tude of 5° or 
DG |scecsvseaveess.|LUNDTICGE ....-. One-third diameter}........:sseseees Comparatively|Appeared I 
of moon. slow. Mars; descen 
across thesky, 
derthemoon. 
appeared hal | 
from the moor 
the horizon. © 
27| 8 48 p.m.|Greenwich Park..|=Ist mag.x ...... Blive 9st.) woes 1 second ...... From direction 
a Draconis t 
Aurige. : 
Dec. 3) 7 30 p.m./Lymington ...... AS IATPC | (BS, (tHE) <<. .snacapechacoos Very rapid ;/Went S. in a | 
moon when full. 10 or 12 secs.) curvetoward 
Needle rocks} 
° descended 
the sea ; fron i 
of Ursa Maj | 
10|About7p.m.| Weston - super -|Large bolide ....., Blues. ssceeses|icccsbaas soseeseee(From altitude2 
Mare. ? a little highel 
the E. to altit) 
10° S. or SS 
10&11) 6-63 p.m.|Prestwitch(Man-|10 or 12 meteors=|.........sc0scceee{ocseeeeeeeeeeeeeee In all quarters 
8-9 p.m.) chester). lst mag.* the sky. @ 
103-12p.m. : 
12\10 15 p.m./Greenwich ...... = [st Mag.%......000|.sesceecceecrscons 1 second ...... Fell down 
pendicularly 
a few degrees 
of the Pleiadt 
12)10 20 p.m.jIbid ............... SHUG connes av abecee|tetesseapseck cats 2 seconds...... Passed fron . 
: Orionis in 
S.W. dire 
for 10°. 
12/10 30 p.m.|Ibid .........006... Abouttwice aslarge|Blue_ ......... 0°5 second ...|\Seemed to § 
as Sirius. from 6 © 
Majoris, 
5° above it 
burst at 
2° from ¢ 
Majoris. 
13)10 26 p.m.|Ibid...... seseeeee-|= Ist mag.x, bril-/Blue  ......6.|, 1 second ...... From « Geminot 
liant. to y Orioni 
15| 6 50 p.m.|Dordogne Puy-|Twice Venus ...,../White ......... Moved slowly./Appeared ne: | 
charnaud Pole, and r 
(France). towards the | 
rizon. 
