EEPORT — 1866. 



Date. 



1865. 

 Dec. 13 



14 



Hour. 



h ni s 

 7 20 p.m. 



8 9 6 



p.m. 



14 

 14 



14 

 14 



14 



14 



8 21 53 

 p.m. 



14 



Place of 

 Observation. 



West Hendon 

 (Sunderland). 



Royal Observa. 

 tory, Green- 

 wich. 



Ibid. 



8 37 40 llbid 

 p.m. 



Apparent Size. 



Colour. 



Brigbterthan Sirius; Yellow 



=2nd mag.x 



8 44 46 

 p.m. 



9 6 28 

 p.m. 



9 38 15 

 p.m. 



10 15 p.m 



Ibid . 

 Ibid . 



Ibid. 



Ibid , 



:3rd mag.* 



= 3rd mag.* 



=i2nd mag.* 

 = 3rd mag.* 



Blue 



10 17 p.m. Ibid 



14 10 19 p.m. 



Ibid, 



=:3rd mag.* .... 

 2nd mag.* .... 



Blue . 

 Blue . 



Blue , 

 Blue , 



Bluish 



Duration. 



2 seconds. 



1 second 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



1| 



Momentary ., 



=3rd mag.* 



Twice as bright as 

 a 1st mag.*. 



Bluish white. 



Bluish 



Blue 



2 seconds 



Rapid motion 



Momentary .. 



More than 

 second. 



Momentary .. 



5 seconds. 



Vanished near tt 

 Draconis. 



From a point 

 little to the left 

 of p Ursse Ma- 

 joris ; passed 

 about 2° left 

 of i Ursae Ma- 

 joris, and disap 

 peared about 4' 

 above i Ursae 

 Majoris. 

 From the direction 

 of E Lyncis ; 

 disappeared 

 little above D 

 Lyncis. 

 Passed parallel to 

 a line joining 

 I and 6 Ursse 

 Majoris, and 

 about 2° above 

 those stars. 

 From 9 Ononis to 

 wards a Leporis. 

 Passed parallel to a 

 line joining L 

 and p Camelo- 

 pardi. 

 From the direc. 

 tion of /3 Cas- 

 siopeise, past r 

 Cassiopeife. 

 1 From a point 2° E. 

 of 6 Geminorum; 

 passed between I 

 and 8 Gemino- 

 rum, and disap- 

 peared 3° below 

 the latter star. [ 

 From a point about' 

 1° above Castor ; 

 past that star 

 towards the N.E. 

 horizon. 

 From a point 1^ or' 

 2°VV.ofcLacertae; 

 moved parallel to 

 a line joining r| 

 and 6 Cygni (on) 

 the west of thosei 

 stars), to about! 

 10° beyond the 

 latter star. 



