92 



REPORT 1866. 



Date. 



Feb. 22 



22 



Hour. 



1866. h m s 



23 

 -Mar. 1 



8 30 p.m. 



8 45 p.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Sandwick, 

 Scotland. 



Kirkwall, 

 Scotland. 



9 36 p.m. West Hendon, 

 Sunderland. 



OUIIU 



9 16 p.m. Eltham 



7 



11 9 51 



p.m. 



11 28 p.m. 

 n 15 p.m. 



11 28 p.m. 



U 29 p.m. 



11 52 p.m. 



11 58 p.m. 



8 15 43 

 p.m. 



== ] St or 2nd ma^.<^ 

 As bright as Venus 



Greenwich 



Hawkhurst 



(Kent). 

 Ibid , 



Ibid , 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Blackheath 



Apparent Size. 



Colour. 



Larger than the 

 moon. 



Larger than the Blue 

 moon. 



yellowish 

 white. 



= 3rd mag.* 



= 3rd mag.» 

 = 3rd mag.» 



3rd mag.ff 



= lst mag.* 



=3rd mag.* 

 = 2nd mag.» 

 = 3rd mag.* 



White . 



Yellow 

 White , 



White . 

 White . 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



Rapid 



Very quick 

 0-7 second 



White .. 



White .. 

 White .. 



0-7 second ... 



0-6 second ... 

 08 second ... 



0*6 second ... 



11 second ... 



2-2 seconds ... 

 0-6 second ... 

 Lessthanlsec. 



•1° or 3° left of )8 

 Andromedse. 



Point of appear- 

 ance about 10° 

 N.of a UrsaeMa- 

 joris (at altitude 

 about 50° in 

 N.N.E.). 



Passed about 1" \ 

 below a Hydrae; i 

 centre of path I 

 nearly opposite ' 

 that star. 



From \ to i Bobtis ' 



Disappeared at y 

 Persei. Course i 

 three-quarters of 

 the way from d^ 

 Camelopardi. 



From j3 Leonis to 

 ^ a Leonis, v 

 Virginis, and 4 

 beyond. 



Disappeared at i. 

 Path I of the 

 way from « Ursx 

 Majoris. 



From 1 2 to^Lyncig, 

 and onwards halt 

 as far again. 



From Cor Caroli, | 

 of the way to ^ 

 Ophiuchi. 



Fell vertically from 

 a point near I 

 Persei almost to 

 j3 Trianguli. 





