86 



REPORT 1865. 



Date. 



i 1S64. 

 Dec. 5 



Hour. 



h m s 

 11 p.ra, 



Place of 

 Observation. 



5 11 6 p.m. 



5 11 13 p.m.llbid 



511 19 p.m.Ibid 



Hawkburst 



(Kent). 

 Ibid 



5 11 30 p.m. 

 5 11 36 p.m. 



Ibid 



Ibid 



5 11 39 p.m.Ibid 



9 49 p.m. Wisbech (Cam 

 bridgeshire). 



10 17 p.m. 



3 45 a.m. 



3 50 a.m. 



4 30 a.m 



4 31 a.m 



5 42 p.m 



13 



1865. 

 Jan. 1 



9 7 p.m. Paris 



Vlancbester . 

 Ibid 



Hawkburst 

 (Kent). 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Greenwich 



Apparent Size. 



= 2nd mag.* 

 = 3rd mag.* 

 = 3rd mag.* 

 = 3rd mag.* 



= 3rd mag.* 

 = 3rd mac.* 



= 3rd mag.* 



White, then 



orange. 

 White 



= Mars 



= lst mag.* ; very 



bright. 

 Brilliant meteor 



Colour. 



White 

 White 



White 

 White 



White 



Orange colour 



Duration. 



1*6 second 

 0-5 second 

 06 second 

 0*6 second 



06 second 

 06 second 



06 second 

 2 seconds.. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



3 X Venus. 



White, thev 

 pure green. 



17 a.m 



3 30 



a.m. 



= 2nd mag.* 

 = 3rd mag.* 

 = 2nd mag.* 



Manchester . 



Greenwich 



Small, but very 

 brilliant disk. 



Exhibiting a well- 

 defined disk. 



— 2ad mag.* ; 

 bright. 



110 17 p.m. Hawkburst 

 (Kent). 



White 



White 



Bluish white... 



Ibout 4 sees.. 

 About 2 sees., 

 l - 2 second .. 



0-5 second .. 

 0-5 second .. 

 Rapid 



From /3 Aurigae 



8 Cassiopeia?. 

 Began at % (k, 



Aurigae. 

 From i to ? Di 



conis. 

 From k Lyn 



to e Ursae If. 



joris. 

 From i (i, »,) A 



rigae to ? Pers 

 From % (q Can 



lopardi, D Ut 



Majoris), hi 



way to P Can 



lopardi. 

 To i (/,, t) Ui 



Majoris, ha 



way from m 



Lyncis. 

 From a (k, 



Monocerotis 



* (P, *) 1 



dani. 

 Near the stars 



Ursa Major. I 

 IntbeN.E II 



From £ Cassiope I 

 to i (o Honor ) 

 g Lacertae). 



Began at ij Virgil 



From a Leonis t 



Hydrae. 

 Across Lyra to' 



Aquilae. 



Less than I sec. 



Bluish white... 



About 2 sees. 



Bluish white , 



White, then 

 orange red. 



Centre of 1j | 

 visible path | 

 above the ho 

 zon, 61° E. fn I 

 S. 

 From the cenlf 

 of Cassiopeii I 

 chain to midw 

 between « / 

 dromedac and 

 Cygni. 



From the directnl 



of p Geminorn 

 passed betwt ' 

 t) and a Leoiii 



2 sees., slower From n Monoot 

 at last. rotis to p Ca. 



Majoris. 



