100 



REPORT — 1865. 



Date. 



1865. 

 May 6 



8 



18 



24 



25 



Hour. 



h in 

 11 53 p.m 



25 



25 

 25 



June 8 



20 



20 

 20 



5 a.in 



11 20 p.m. 



11 20 p.m. 



4 a.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Greenwich 



1 40 a.m. 



11 10 p.m. 

 11 13 p.m. 



8 a.m. 



10 41 p.m, 



10 57 p.m, 



11 32 p.m. 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Weston - super 

 Mare. 



Manchester . 



Weston - super 

 Mare. 



Ibid, 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Weston - super 

 Mare. 



Greenwich 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Ibid, 

 Ibid, 



Apparent Size. 



Larger than 1st 

 mag.* 



= 3rd mag.* 

 =2nd mag.* 



a. Lyrse 



Colour. 



White 



-3rd, then = 1st Pale blue, 

 mag.* 



3rd mag.* 



3rd mag.* 

 1st mag.* 



= Venus 



= 2nd mag.* 



=3rd mag.* 

 =2nd mag.* 



Duration. 



About 1 sec. 



Smoky blue.. 



Bluish white.. 



Blue 



White 

 Blue 



Yellowish 

 white. 



- 4 second 



2 seconds. 



0-9 second 



1*5 second 



0-5 second 



- 5 second 

 1*5 second 



2 seconds. 



White 



Yellow 

 White 



0'5 second 



0-7 second 

 1 second .., 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



From a point b 

 tween a and »Cyi 

 ni ; flew upwarc 

 across X Lyrae,an 

 disappeared 1' 

 2° beyond the la 

 ter star. 

 From \ Ursae M 

 noris to S Urs;| 

 Majoris. 

 From R. A. 195 'II 

 N. Decl. 28°, tl 

 R. A. 205°, >| 

 Decl. 15°. 

 From (3 Cephei tl 

 4/ Cygni. 



From R. A. 262^ 



S. Decl. 8°, ti 

 R. A. 264°, H 

 Decl. 4°. 



From R. A. 8° 

 N. Decl. 57°, t. 

 R. A. 32°, N; 

 Decl. 59°. 



To/, halfway fron 

 »' Canum Venati 

 corum. 



From R. A. 348° 

 N. Decl. 60°, t( 

 R. A. 17°, N: 

 Decl. 67°. 



From a poin : 

 near d Draconis 

 passed acros: 

 (3 Cephei am 

 y Cassiopeia;, t(i 

 a point 5° be' 

 yond the latte 

 star. 



Appeared midwa; 

 between f La! 

 certaj and a 

 Cygni. 



From /tot Pegasi 

 and as far again 



From e Delphini 

 halfway to A 

 Equulei. 



