74 



UEPORT 1866. 



Date. 



Hour. 



1865. 

 Dec. 8 



11 



11 



11 



11 



11 



11 



11 



Place of 

 Observation. 



h m s 

 11 4 p.m. Hawkluirst 

 (Kent). 



8 5 p.m. 



8 30 p.m. 

 (local time.) 



6 4 57 

 p.m. 



6 17 36 

 p.m. 



6 20 42 

 p.m. 



6 25 49 



p.m. 



6 28 2 

 p.m. 



7 15 

 p.m. 



7 4 58 

 p.m. 



West Ilendon 

 (Sunderland). 



Charleston, U. S. 



Royal Observa- 

 tory, Green- 

 wich. 



Ibid, 



Ibid, 



Ibid, 



Ibid, 



Ibid, 



Ibid, 



Apparent Size. 



= 3rd ma?;.* 



= 2nd mag.* 



Orange colour 



=Aldebaran 



=2nd mag.» 



= 1st mag.* 



Tvrice as bright 

 Jupiter, 



Twice as bright 

 Jupiter. 



as 



= 3rd maa:.» 



=3rd mag.* 



Colour. 



Duration. 



White 09 second 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



Yellow 



Bluish 



Yellow 



Bright yellow 



Bright yellow 



From TT Ursje Ma 

 joris to p Came 

 lopardi. 



Near (?and/tPers' 



3 seconds. 



2 seconds. 



3 sees. ; very 

 slowmotion. 



5 seconds. 



Bluish white., 



Bluish 



5 sees. ; very 

 slowmotion. 



03 second 



Momentary 

 duration. 



From a point 3 

 below and S. c 

 a Andromeda- 

 passed betwee 

 (i and r Pegas 

 and disappeare 

 a few degret 

 above e Pt 

 gasi. II 



From a point aboiil 

 1° above Polaris 

 disappeared aboi 

 2° above r Dr; 

 conis. 

 From a point aboi 

 3° above « Dn 

 conis ; disaf 

 peared about 2 

 above e Ursi 

 Majoris. 

 From about 3° Ti^ 

 of T Aquarii 

 past S Aquari 

 and disappeare 

 about 8° W. ( 

 Fonialhaut. 

 From about 1° b( 

 low ji Cygiii 

 passing W. of 

 Aquilae, and dii 

 appeared 10° bi 

 low and E. of i| 

 Antinoi. { i 



From a point 

 few degrees abo\ 

 the Pleiades to 

 point a few di 

 greees below 

 Arietis. 

 From about 3 

 above to aboi 

 3° below 

 Cygni. 



