G8 



REPORT 1866. 



Date. 



Hour. 



1865. 

 Nov.21 



h m 

 6 5 



s 

 p.m 



21 

 21 

 21 



G 5 



p.m 



6 5 p.m 

 6 5 p.m 



21 

 21 



21 



6 5 or 

 6 6 p.m 



6 6 p m. 



6 8 30 

 p.m. 



21 6 9 p.m 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



Near Craiifoni 

 (Middlesex) ; 

 N. lat. 51° 29' 

 40", W. long. 

 O'" 21'. 



Three times as 

 bright as Venus 

 at its brishtest. 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



Nottingham Park 

 (Nottingham) 



Near Bedford .. 



Weston • super - 

 Mare. 



Oxford 



Northolt 

 (Harrow). 



Colebyfield, 

 \Viml)ledon 

 (Surrey). 



Shoeburyness 

 (Essex). 



Large meteor 



Large fireball 



Very large 



Brilliantbluish Slow speed; First appeared at 

 white ; tail duration an altitude of 



reddish. about 10 se- 40° above the 



conds. eastern horizon.] 



Passed to the S. 

 of, and lower 

 than the con- 

 stellation Cassio- 

 peia, almost ver- 

 tically overhead, 

 and disappeared 

 about 25° above 

 the horizon due 

 W. 



Brilliant blue. 



Larger and brighter 

 than Venus ap 

 pears. 



Large meteor 



6' of arc in width ; 

 j; diameter of the 

 moon. 



Very large meteor. 



Blue 



White or 

 greenish, 

 shading into 

 blue. No 

 change of 

 colour du 

 ring its ap 

 pearance. 



Speed 15° per 

 second. 



About 7 sees. 



Appeared in tli 

 E.N.E. orE.,aii 

 disappeared S.' 



Appeared at an aH 

 tude of about 30 

 or 40° in the E. 

 and disappeared 

 N.E. 



In the S., not many 

 degrees above the 

 horizon. 



Traversed the slcy, 

 and disappeared 

 on the horizon 

 due W. 



From an altitude of 

 76° 5', a little 

 northward of the 

 zenith, to a point 

 in R. A. 18'' 0", 

 N. Decl. 45°; 

 about8°N.W.of 

 a Lyrx. The 

 positions mea^ 

 sured with aa 

 equatorial tele- 

 scope soon after 

 disappearance. 



Appeared in the ze 

 nith, and passed 

 at an altitude of 

 70° behind a thin 

 baud of clouds, 

 reappearing im- 

 mediately, and 

 disappeared at 

 an altitude of 30° 

 behind a dense 

 pack of clouds, 



