70 



REPORT 1866. 



Date. 



1865. 

 Nov.21 



21 



21 



Hour. 



h m s 

 6 9 p.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



6 10 p.m. 



About 6 15 

 p.m. 



D anbury 

 (Essex). 



Hill 



21 About 

 p.m. 



21 7 11 



p.m 



21 

 21 



22 



22 



p.m 

 21 G 39 



6 15 



Copse Hill, 

 Wimbledon. 



Observatory, 

 Cambridge. 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 





Apparent diameter^ Bright yellow jFrom within 20° a 



the zenith ; de 

 scended in 

 south - westerl 

 direction ; disap 

 pearing behind 

 black cloud nea( 

 the W. horizon. 



8 48 

 10 1 



7 17 



45 



p.m. 

 p.m. 



p.m. 



At least twice as' Yellower than, 

 bright as any, Venus, 

 planet. | 



Two or three times; Flame- 

 brighter thai) coloured. 

 Venus. 



i diameter of full 



Greenwich 



II 11 15 

 p.m 



24 6 45 

 24 8 20 



p.m 

 p.m, 



Weston - super 

 Mare. 



Blacklieath 

 (Kent). 



Weston - super 

 Mare. 



Greenwich 



White, with 

 red tail. 



= lst mag.#. 



= 4th mag.* 



= 2nd mag.v 



= lst mag.» 



Blue 



Dark-coloured 



Bluish white. 



Duration notFrom /3 Aquarii, 

 less than 4 across o Aquila 

 or 5 sees. to 6 Aquilse. 



Very short du 

 ration. 



2 seconds. 



From an altiludt 

 of 55°, between 

 magnetic and due 

 N. ; shot down'i 

 wards towardi 

 the W.N.W. hoi 

 rizon. 



Passed between /E 

 and 6 Delphini 

 and disappearec 

 a little below i 



■ Aqnilae. 



From 39° +27° 

 to 28 23. 



1 second ;Appeared near b 



passed by 2, am 

 disappeared i 

 little above 1 

 Orionis. 



0-5 second 



Yellow 



Ladywell, Lewis- 

 ham. 



Ibid, 

 Ibid. 



24; 8 37 p.m. Greenwich 



= 2nd mag.« 'Blue 



= 3rd raag.^- Bluish white., 



= 2nd mag.-it Blue 



Twice as bright as Yellow 

 Venus. 



= 3rd mag.* 



Blue 



2 seconds 



1 second 

 ^ second . 



1 second . 

 4 seconds. 



1 second ., 



a= ( = 



From 210° + 06° 

 to 228 38. 



From r towards o 

 Cygni. 



From the directioi 

 of I Herciilis 

 disappeared nea 

 y Draconis. 



Disappeared a littli 

 below /3 Auriga;. 



From the direc 

 tion of ti Lyncis 

 passed across ) 

 Ursx Majoris 

 and a few degree 

 beyond. 



From the directioi 

 of the Pleiade 

 towards 'C Tauri. 



