90 



REPORT 1865. 



Date. 



1865. 

 Feb. 19 



19 



19 



20 



Hour. 



20 

 20 



21 



21 



h ni s 



10 20 p.m. 



10 40 p.m. 



10 50 p.m 



10 49 p.m 



11 30 p.m 



11 30 30 

 p.m. 



9 12 p.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Slough (Bucks). 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Weston - super 

 Mare. 



Apparent Size. 



Colour. 



= lst mag.* 

 = 2nd mag.* 

 = 2nd mag.* 

 =2nd mag.* 



Ibid. 



About 9 30 

 p.m. 



= Sirius 



3rd mag.* 



White 



White .... 

 White .... 

 Yellowish 



Orange . 



Duration. 



1*4 second 

 1 second ... 



I second ... 



II second 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



Arbroath (For- 

 farshire), N.B 



Pratis (Fife- 

 shire), N. B. 



2 seconds. 



Size of full moon.., 



Size of full moon... 



Same colour 

 as the moon. 



Dazzlingwhite 



25 



25 



25 



25 



25 



25 

 Mar. 2 

 17 

 17 



17 



17 



40 a.m 



52 a.m. 



1 6 a.m 



I 25 a.m. 



10 45 p.m. 



11 30 p.m, 

 7 10 p.m. 



10 56 p.m. 



II 7 p.m. 



11 12 p.m 

 11 14 p.m 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Egham (Surrey) 



Hawkhurst 



(Kent). 

 Ibid 



Ibid, 



Ibid 



=3rd mag.* . 



= 1st mag.* 



=3rd mag.* 



=3rd mag.* 



= 3rd mag.* 



=3rd mag.* 

 = lst mag.* 

 = lstmag.*... 

 = lst mag.* 



=2nd mag.* 

 =3rd mag.* 



A few seconds 



6 or 8 seconds 



White . 



White . 



White . 



White . 



Yellow 



Yellow 

 White . 

 White , 

 White 



White 



Began at (3 Canis 



Minoris. 

 From v Aurigas to 



I Tauri. 

 To /t Camelopardi.. 



From a Tarandi, I 



halfway to 6\ | 



Persei. 

 From i] Draconisil 



to R. A. 313°, N. 



Decl. 62°. 

 IFrom R. A. 327° J ! 



N. Decl. 80°, to] 



R. A. 327°, N. | 



Decl. 60°. 

 From £ (Mars Al-'i 



debaran) to Be-1 



telgeux. 



Began in the N., 

 and disappeared 

 in the south-west, 

 quarter. 



0'9 second 



1"3 second 



0'8 second 



0*8 second 



0*5 second 



0-5 second 

 1*3 second 

 06 second 

 2 seconds.. 



White 



07 second 

 0-5 second 



To y Bootis, half- 



way from m Ca- 



numVenaticorum. 



From z Bootis to \ 



(w Serpentis, ? 



Corona?). 

 To 7T Serpentis, | 



of the way from 



X, Bootis. 

 From k Ursa? Ma- 



joris to I Tele- 



scopii. 

 To /3 Leonis, half- 



way from / Can 1 



Venaticorum. 

 From a to p Caneii 



Venatici. 

 From j8 Cancri to 



Monocerotis. 

 To <p, 3° directed 



from z Virginis. '. 

 From i (p Leo- 

 nis, / Sextan J 



tis) to v 2 Hy 



drae. 

 From ^ (»j, a) Her 



culis to i Her 



culis. 

 At k Cephei 



