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REPORT — 1869. 



Date. 



1868. 

 Aug. 15 



15 

 23 



25 



25 

 25 

 25 

 25 

 Sept. 5 



Hour. 



h m 

 10 13 p.m 



10 3G p.m. 

 10 12 p.m. 



9 33 p.m. 



10 7 p.m. 



10 49 p.m. 



10 54 p.m. 



10 57 p.m 



Between 

 7 and 8 p.m 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Primrose Hill, 

 London. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid . 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid , 

 Ibid 

 Ibid, 



Apparent Size. 



— ]'^ mag.« 



= 2nd mag.* 

 >2^ 



Pic de Sancy, 

 France. 



About 8 

 p.m. 



(Paris time) 



=:3rd mag.* , 



=2nd mag.# 

 = 3rdmag.» 

 = 2^ mag.* 

 = limag.* 

 Large meteor 



Clermont, France Large meteor 



8 18 p.m. 

 (Paris time) 



Geneva. 



A few mi 

 nutes be- 

 fore 8 30 

 p.m., Tu 

 rin time. 



Many times larger 

 than Jupiter. 



Aosta, Piedmont 



Colour. 



White 



White 



Bright orange, 

 then fiery 

 red. 



White 



White 



White 



Duration. 



2-| seconds ; 

 moved 

 slowly. 



Moved slowly 



Moved very 

 swiftly. 



Orange colour 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



A.zimuth. 



Between 4 and 

 5 seconds. 



Frora337° + 45° 

 to 316 +30 



From 23° +43" 

 to 360 +20 



From 310° +44° 

 to 335 +34 



From 301° +29° 

 to 335 +31 i 



From328°+32° 



to 345 +29 

 From 11° +87° i 



to 245 +33 

 From 30° +65° 



to 126 +61 

 From 221° + 78° I 



to 259 +50 I 

 Disappeared eii 



actly at ji Urs' 



Majoris. 



12 seconds ... 



Colourless, or 

 reddish. 



Manytimesbrighter 

 than a 1st mag.* 



Moved slowly; 

 about 20° or 

 30° per sec. 



Started from tlj 

 mountains of F 

 rez, in the eas, 

 passed north 

 Clermont, ai 

 disappeared 1) 

 fore reaching ti 

 mountains of 

 Puy de Dome, \ 

 the west. 



The meteor pa» 

 close by ?j Ub 

 Majoris. 



Brilliant 

 white ; with 

 yellowish or 

 pinkish 

 tinge. 



Moved slowly, 

 as if resisted 

 in its flight. 



Appeared in 

 east ; trav( 

 the whole viil 

 horizon of t 

 valley of Aos 

 towards the 

 W.N.W., k 

 disappeared 1 

 hind the hills 

 that direciion. 



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