01 1, 



KEroRX — 18G9. 



Date. 



Hour. 



1867. 

 Nov.21 



h m s 

 About 8 25 

 p.m. 



21:10 8 p.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Ackworth, 

 Poiitefract 

 (Yorkshire). 



22'About 7 20 

 p.rn. 

 10 2 p.m 



26 



20 

 27 



28 



1868. 

 Feb. 4 



July 14 

 15 

 30 



Aug.lO 



10 34 p.m. 



8 50 p.m, 



7 17 p.m. 



7 35 p.m. 



10 50 p.m. 

 10 35 p.m 



5 55 50 



a.m. 

 (local time), 



10 51 p.m, 



(local time). 



Ibid , 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid, 

 Ibid, 



Ibid . 

 Ibid. 



Street 



(Somerset). 

 Ibid 



Apparent Size. 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



:3rd mag.* White 



Italaya Observa. 

 tory, Brazils. 



:2nd mag.» 



= 3rd mao;.* 



About 4' apparent 

 diameter. 



=3rd mag.* 



= 2nd mag.* 



= 3rd mag.* 



= ¥ 



= lst or 2nd mag.* 



2nd mag.* 



Apparent diameter 

 about 43' of arc 



White 



White 



Brilliant white 



Red ... 

 White 



Red 



0'5 second 



Almost instan- 

 taneous. 



2 seconds. 



3 seconds. 



White 



White 



Rome 



Large meteor 



Colour of the 

 electric light. 



1-5 second .. 

 0-25 sec; rapid 



05 sec. ; rapid 



1 second 



From 272° +38° 

 to 267 +39 



.\bout 1^° to rigl: 

 of Rigel. 



2° to left of a, Gen 



tauri [?]. 



«= ^ = 

 From about 4 8° -3 



to about 65 —5 



From 55° -13° 

 to 55 —20 



First appeared 

 almost in th 

 zenith, near 

 Persei. 



Centre of patl, 

 midway betweei 

 the head of Arie 

 and the Pleiades 



In the W.S.W. 

 from about 30' 

 to 22° above thi 

 horizon. 



In Draco , 



1 7 seconds 



Commenced at ( 

 Draconis. 



Commenced 30' 

 from the meri 

 dian in the east 

 which it crosset 

 at S. Decl. 65' 

 (Zen. dist. 42' 

 32'), and disap- 

 peared behind a 

 hill 50° 15' wesl 

 of south. 



From the head (A 

 Bootes, across 

 the hand of Her- 

 cules to the hand 

 of Ojjhiuchus. 



