64 



REPORT — 1866. 



Date. 



1865. 

 Nov. 14 



15 



15 



Hour. 



h m 



5 30 a.m. 

 until sun- 

 rise. 



8 38 + 

 p.m. 



8 bi p.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Weston - super 

 Mare. 



Greenwich Park 



West Ilendon, 

 Sunderland. 



15 About 10 40 Wimbledon 



17 

 17 



p.m. 



7 47 p.m 



8 30 p.m 



(Surrey). 



Primrose Hill 

 (London). 



Greenwich 



18 About 4 30 Wimbledon 

 (Surrey). 



18 



18 



4 30 p.m. Cambridge 



Apparent Size. 



=2nd mag.« 



=3rd raag.» 



Nearly = Sirius ... 



= 2nd mag.« 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



Bluish white... I second 



Bluish white., 



:1st mag.* 



White 



Bluish white.. Less than 1 sec 



3 seconds 



0-5 second ... 



Nearly as bright as 

 Jupiter. 



5 20 p.m. 



18 6 4 30 

 p.m. 



Royston 



Blackheath 



.V brilliant meteor. 



A conspicuous me- Yellowish 

 teor. white. 



=3rd mag.» 



White 



I 



From a point aboui 

 3" above /3 Au 

 rignc. Disap- 

 peared a little tt 

 the S. of e Au- 

 rigae. 



J 



Vanished 2° or 3" 

 below and to the 

 left ol\p Aquarii. 



Passed about 1|' 

 above Polaris, 

 Course 



«= ?= 



From 152° -f 53° 



to 337 +40. 



From » Vulpecula; 

 to 2h° below ^ 

 Aquilx. 1 



Passed across «| 

 Aquarii from the 

 direction of P 

 Equulei. 



li 



Passed somewhal 

 below Polaris. 



2'5 seconds ... In the western por- 

 tion of the hea- 

 vens. 



2 seconds ...'From a little W. o 

 II, to 2^° below 

 <y Ursse Ma-j 

 joris. I 



1 second iFell vertically pasi 



If Draconis to 

 wards <// Ursa 

 Majoris. 



