84 



REPORT— 1866. 



Date. 



1866. 

 Jan, 11 



11 



11 



11 



11 



11 

 11 



11 



Hour. 



h m 3 

 9 53 30 

 p.m. 



9 54 p.m. 

 9 55 p.m. 



A few mi 

 uutes be- 

 fore 10p.m. 



10 p.m, 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Royal Observa- 

 tory, Green- 

 wich. 



Bedford 



Ashford 



Westminster 

 Bridge, 

 London. 



Ticeliurst 

 (Sussex). 



10 p.m. Bradford 



(Yorkshire). 

 About 10 30 Hawkhurst 

 p.m. i (Keut). 



11 33 p.m. 



Ibid, 



11111 3S p.ni.lbid, 



Apparent Size. 



At first equal to a 

 2nd mag.* ; in- 

 creased conti- 

 nually in bright- 

 ness, being final- 

 ly larger and 

 brighter than 

 Sirius. 



Brighter than 

 Venus at its 

 maximum. 



Large meteor 



Large meteor 



Much brighter than 

 a star of the 1st 

 magnitude. 



Splendid meteor . 



.\3 bright as Venus 

 at its brightest 



= 2nd mag.* 



= 1st mag.* 



Colour. 



Yellow 



Duration. 



Bright orange 

 colour. 



Quite blue 



Head and tail 

 brilliant 

 white. 



White 



White 



3 seconds. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



About 1 sec. 

 while ir 

 sight. 



From a point a few 

 degrees below 

 the Pleiades to 

 a Piscium. 

 Centre of path 

 opposite y Ari- 

 etis. 



6 to 8 seconds. 

 Glided as 

 swiftly as 

 an arrow. 



First appeared near 



ft Orionis ; passed 



about 2^ above 



y Pegasi. 



From E., or two 



points N. of E 



to W. 



From over the di- 

 rection of Lam- 

 beth pier ; dis- 

 appeared behind 

 the houses of 

 Parliament. 



From altitude 15°, 

 E. bv S. ; passed 

 20° " S. of the 

 zenith to altitude 

 5° due W. 



Zenith. 



West. 

 Several sees... 

 2 5 seconds .., 



1*5 second ; 

 I very slow 

 I motion. 



East. 



Apparent course 

 from S.E. to W. 



Disappeared mid- 

 way between « 

 Hydra; and / 

 Sextantis: course 

 halfway from a 

 Cancri. 



Disappeared at i 

 Gcmitioruni. 



White 0-6 second 



. I From a Tarandi to 

 I r Gustodis. 



