30 



REPORT — 1866. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



I 



18S5. h m s 

 Sept.20^ 7 39 p.m. Eton Street, [ = Arcliirus 

 Primrose II ill.' 



20 S 12 p.ra.lHawkhurst 



I I (Kent). 

 20 8 20 p.ni.ilbid 



Colour. 



Duration. 



White 



20 8 22 p.m 



Ibid , 



= 3rd mag,* iWhite 



= 3rdma!r.Ji- Kviiile 



OG second .. 



O'G second .. 

 0'7 second .. 



= 2ad masr.i 



20 9 43 p.m.; Royal Observa-| = lst mag.-;; 

 tory, Green- 

 wich. 



20 9 41 p.m. Ibid =3rd ma; 



21; 8 30 p.m. 



22 



Weston - super - 

 Mare. 



7 57 p.m. Dipley, Ilamp- 

 1 shire. 



= 2nd mag.-x 



ijright white...' 1"5 second ; 

 very slow 

 motion. 



Bluish white... Very rapid .. 



IJIuc J second 



151 ue 



Larger than Jupiter Vivid white 



22 9 30 p.m. Royal Observa- =2nd mag.* 

 tory, Green- 

 wich. 



Blue 



23 10 15 p.m. 'Weston - super - 

 Mare. 



24 



7 48 p.m, 



2-1 7 48 -f 

 p.ni. 



24 7 43 45 

 i p.m. 



24^ 7 50+ 

 p.m. 



Hawkhurst 



(Kent). 



— 3rd mag.s ... 

 = 3rd mag.«- ... 



1 second 



I second +.. 



5Iue 1 second 



0-9 second 



Ramsgate (Kent) As bright as Jupiter W],iteorbluish 35 seconds 



Royal Oljserva- Larger and brighter 

 tory, Green-' than Jupiter 

 wich. 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



24 7 55 p.m. Ibid 



Sirius 



Bluish white. . 2-3 second 



■.ds. 



White 4 seconds. 



= 3rd mag.if ' 0-8 second 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



From midway be- 

 tween \ and c 

 Draconis to -},'^ 

 above S Ursa', 

 Majoris. 



From T liereulis to 

 c Coronas. 



From A Draconis to 

 r Ursa; Minoris 



From Xj Herculis 

 to 2 (a Herculis, 

 ( Ophiuchi). 



Fell vertically from 

 a point about 3° 

 E. of a Aquilae. 



From the direction 

 of Corona; Bo- 

 realis to a point 

 between e and y 

 Bootis. 



«= S= 



From 197° -f 45° 



to 211 -f 19. 



Path may be taken 

 as similar to that 

 ofoneonSeptera- 

 l;er 24th. 



From a point abo 

 3° E. of 6 Pegai 

 to a point 2 

 above e Pegasi 

 a— = 



From 1 60° + C8° 



to 158 + 54. 



Disappeared at 

 Cassiopeiaj. 

 Course -J of th| 

 way from a Ta 

 randi. 



From a point nefki 

 a Aqiiarii heltt' 

 Aqnila, across tlii 

 MilUy Way, to i 

 point near rOphii 

 uclii ; disappear 

 ing a few degree 

 above Jupiter. 



First seen near 

 Aquarii, disap 

 pearcd near 

 Capricnrni. 



From /3 Piscium 

 I- .\quila;. 



'lom I to 5 (X, V.) 

 Iloncrum. 



