102 



REPORT 186G. 



Date. 



Hour. 



1866. h m s 

 May 16 9 57 p.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Blackheath 

 (iCent). 



16 11 p.m. Greenwich 

 (approx.) 



10 38 1 

 p.m. 



17 10 41 36 

 p.m. 



17 11 8 36 

 ! p.m. 



18 10 46 44 

 p.m. 



18 



18 



10 51 34 

 p.m. 



10 53 30 

 p.m. 



18 11 5 45 

 i p.m. 



18 11 11 9 

 p.m. 



18 11 11 34 



p.m. 



18 11 29 49 

 p.m. 



18 11 40 52 

 j p.m. 



1811 a 59 

 p.m. 



Ibid. 



Ibid, 

 Ibid. 



As bright as Venus 



Royal Observa- 

 tory, Green, 

 vficli. 



Ibid, 



Ibid 



Ibid , 



Apparent Size. 



Colour. 



Duration. 



=2nd mag.ie Bluish white 



As bright as Venus., 



= 3rd mag.* 

 ==:3rd mag.* 

 = 3rd mag.* 



=3rd mag.* 



= 3rd mag.* 



= 2nd mag.» 



Ibid iBrighter than a 1st 



mag.*. Nearly 

 equal to Venus. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid , 

 Ibid, 

 Ibid . 



Bluish white... 



Blue 



Bluish white... 0'4 second 



3 seconds 



1 second 



2 seconds. 



White 



Bluish white... 



Bluish white... 



i second .., 

 0"4 second 



0'3 second 



Blue 1 second 



Bluish white... 1 second 



Yellowish 

 white. 



I 



= lst mag.* 



= lstmag.» 



=:lstmag.* ...... 



=::lst mag.* 



1'5 second 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



1 second 



Bluish white., 



i 



Bluish white...! 1* second 

 Bluish white... h second .. 



Bluish white.. 



1 second 



From a point a 

 little below and! 

 W. of TT Leonis ; 

 passed midway 

 between e and 

 1] Hydra; towards 

 Procyon. 



In S., above Scor-J 

 pius. 



First seen 7° or 8°; 

 below /3 Leonis :j 

 moved westward,' 

 passing close to! 

 Regulus. 



Disappeared close! 

 to /i Virginis. \ 



Disappeared near 

 t Virginis. | 



Fell from the di- 

 rection of ?, past 

 Boiitis, towards 

 Saturn. ! 



Moved past Polaris: 

 and u) Cephei.t 

 Line joining' 

 those stars paral-! 

 lei to track ofi 

 meteor. j 



From the direc-j 

 tion of c Bocitis,! 

 across tt and ?; 

 Boiitis. j 



From a point 1°, 

 or 2° S. of 

 S Crateris to 

 a point about 

 the same dis-l 

 tance from /3| 

 Hydra;. 



Passed from near 

 fi Vrae Minoris 

 to a point near 

 g Camelopardi. 



Fro.^l e LyrK to, 

 a point near • 

 Cygni. 



From « Cephei to a , 

 point 2= E. of • ' 

 Cassiopeiae. ! 



From y Draconis 

 towards Ce- 

 phei. 



From j3 to ? Ophi- , 

 uchi. 



