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REPORT 1866. 



Date. 



Hour. 



1866. 

 Jan. C 



h :n 

 9 59 



p.m. 



6 10 4 p.m. 



10 5 p.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Royal Observa- 

 tory, Green- 

 wich. 



West Hendon, 

 Sunderland. 



Apparent Size. 



Tvrice as great as 

 Jupiter. 



Far brighter than 

 Venus appears at 

 its brightest. 



Brilliant blue. 



Wisbeach (Cam- Twice as bright as 

 bridgeshire). Venus. 



7 43 p.m 

 5 54 p.m 



8 15 to 



8 35 p.m. 



9 22 p.m. 



West Ilendon, 

 Sunderland. 



Blackheath 

 (Kent). 



Hawkhurst 



(Kent). 



Blackheath 



(Kent). 



:3rd mag.« 

 =3rd mag.» 



= 2nd mag.* .... 



Colour. 



Duration. 



5 seconds 



Bright blue... 



Orange colour 



Bluish white... 



Bluish 



Scarcely Isec., 

 very fast. 



From a point 

 about 1° above 

 and N. of /u| 

 Cygni ; disap-i 

 peared a feWi 

 degrees N. of e\ 

 Pegasi. ] 



Passed very near tl 

 Eridani, and dis-j 

 appeared withini 

 l°or2°of7rCet).! 



4 seconds 



Less than half 

 a second. 



3 seconds. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



* 



No exact note of' 

 position preserved. 



Vanished about 4t 

 to the right of \ 

 Pegasi. 



From the directiod 

 of a, passed be-j 

 tween ? and 

 Orionis. 



From a point 3° 

 4° N. of K CI 

 siopeiae ; fell 

 wards S Cephefi 



