40 



REPORT 1866. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



18G5. I h m s 

 Oct. 28 10 55 p.m. Hawkliurst 

 (Kent). 



Nov. 5 8 19 p.m 



8 34 p.m. 



Regent's Park, =lstmag.« 

 London. 



Apparent Size. 



= 2nd mag.* 



Weston - super 

 Mare. 



5 8 40 p.m.jRegent's Park, 

 London. 



6 Between 6 



I and 7 p.m 

 8 7 20 p.m. 



7 40 30 

 p.m. 



= Sirius 



Colour. 



White 



Duration. 



White 



Red and yellow 



0-G second ... 



0'5 second 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



From E Psaltcrii 

 S Eridani. 



From 1/ Musca: t 

 I (y, (t) Ai'ietis. 

 1'5 second ... «= o = 



i From 90° -f 82 

 I to 98 + 55 



= lstmag.» Wliite 



Lancaster i Large meteor 



.:0-5 second ... From s Custoi 

 j . to TT Ursje .\I 



I joris. 



9 

 12 



12 



Greenwich =2ndmag.)r Yello 



Blackhesth 



= 3rd mag.* Yellow- 



Momentary . . , Directed from 

 point about . 

 above « Hercu 

 towards ft L\Ta 



0-3 second .. 



9 40 p.m. Ibid =4th mag.s Bluish 



I ' I 



G 40 p.m. Brook, Norwich Bright as Venus ...Wliite 



-[ij second 

 1 second .. 



10 45 p.m. 



12 10 55 p.m. 

 12 11 17 p.m. 



Cambridge 'Bright meteor. 



12 

 12 

 12 

 12 



11 22 p.m. 



11 22 30 



p.m. 

 U 31 p.m. 



Ibid iSevcral bright me- 

 teors. 

 3rd mag.* 



From apoint alltt 



above and to tl 

 j N. of a. Color 



Boicalis, towaic 



horizon. 

 ! 

 • .'Appeared near 



Eridani. 

 .;From ^ to /3 Urslj 

 j ^Majoris. ' 



■ 'Crossing the la 

 I star of the tail i; I 

 I Ursia Major. I 



Flimwell, Sussex 

 Ibid 



Brighter than 



I Venus. 

 Ibid Brighter than 



I Venus. 

 Ibid =3rdmag.» Rapid motion 



Blue 



Blue 



11 46 p.m. Ibid =lstmag.» 



Rapid motion 



From near Capel'> 



to the Pleiades. 

 Disappeared 1< 

 below ft Arietis , 

 -Moderate Disappeared at | 



speed. I Ononis. ■ 



From 8'^ below /3t! I 



y Geminorum. 



From Aldebaran i 



38 Arietis. 



12 11 49 p.m. Ibid 



13 12 a.m. Hawkhurst 

 I (Kent). 



As bright as Jupiter Moderate 

 speed. 



:1st mag.*. 



From 11° W. ( 

 Pollux. 



White 



1-5 second ... From oUrsaeMajor 



! to m Custodis, 



