72 



REPORT — 1866. 



Date. 



1865. 

 Nov.24 



24 



26 

 26 



27 

 28 

 28 



28 



28 



28 



Dec. 2 



Hour. 



h ra s 

 9 9 42 

 p.m. 



9 13 or 

 9 14 p.m. 



1 25 p.m. 

 8 30 p.m. 



4 40 a.m 

 3 7 a.m 

 3 25 a.m. Ibid 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



Observatory, {Large meteor 

 Cambridge. j 



Cheltenham 



West Hendon, 

 Sunderland. 

 Lewlsham .... 



2iid or 3rd mag. at 

 first; before reach- 

 ing head of Orion 

 broke out to size 

 of Jupiter, but 

 speedily extin- 

 guished. 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



= lst mag.» 



Weston - super - 



Mare. 

 Cromer (Norfolk) 



3 29 a.m. Ibid, 



3 35 a.m. Ibid . 



4 13 a.m. Ibid 



9 47 30 

 p.m. 



Evening . 



= lst mag.» 



As bright as Venus. 

 = 3rd mag.* 



= 3rd map;.* 



= 3rd maR.* 



= 2nd maGr.» 



= 1st mac:.* 



Royal Observa- 

 tory, Green- 

 wich. 



Blaenafon, [Large and very 



Orange colour 



Yellow 



Yellow 



White, then 



yellow. 

 White 



1 second 



White 



Yellow 



0"5 second 

 1*5 second 

 0-5 second 



0-6 second 



0*5 second 



Yellow, then '^'2 seconds 

 oraiige-red. 



Pontypool. j bright. 



Bright blue . 



Crimson-red at 

 the last. 



1 second 



7 30 p.m. Vannes (France) Size of the full Head and train Slow speed 



8 10 55 p.m. lla'.vkliuist 



(Kent). 

 8 10 55 30 Ibid , 

 p.m. 



moon. 



bluish white;! 

 sparks red. 



Crossed the S.meri. 

 dian at an altitudji 

 of about 25°. 



Began some when 

 between a and jC 

 Tauri ; disap- 

 peared in head ol 

 Orion, or perhaps 

 between a, and y 

 Orionis. 



Passed S Herculis.. 



From a point mid- 

 way between Ca- 

 pella and j3 Au-j 

 rigae to a point a| 

 little below the 

 Pleiades. 



From \ to 7r, Ori- 

 onis. 



From Draconis 

 Herculis. 



From 54 Leon; 

 Minoris to y| 

 Leonis, and 5°j 

 beyond. 



From V Ursaj 'Mi. 

 noris to g Dra- 

 conis ; 5° before 

 and after. ' 1 



From i to a Canuml 

 Venaticorum, and 

 onwards as far 

 again. 



From ^ (Procyon, 

 m Monocerotis) j 

 to i (B, D)ll 

 Hydrse, 



From the direction 

 of a. Cassiopeia; 

 towards ?/ Pe- 

 gasi. 



From altitude 



about 40°, N-S., 

 to a somen hat 

 less altitude, 

 N.W. 



From a. Andromeda; 

 to Arictis. 



= 3rd mag.* Yellow I-l second ...Trom v to X Gemi- 



I ] I norum. 



= 2iid mag.* : Red and white 0-8 second ...From Polaris to t 



Draconis. 



