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REPORT— 18G 9. 



Date. 



1868. 

 Oct. 1/ 



17 



18 

 18 



18 



18 



18 



18 



18 



Hour. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



li m s 



10 5 p.m. Ackworth, 



Puntefract 

 (Yorkshire). 



10 50 p.m. 



12 8 a.m. 

 12 9 a.m. 



= lst mag.i 



Somerton 

 (Somersetshire) 



Birmingham ... 



Ibid 



12 23 a.m. Ibid 



12 23 30 



a.m. 

 12 25 a.m 



Between 

 9 15 and 

 9 35 p.m 



9 51 p.m. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid , 



Tooting, London 



Birmingham ... 



About 10 Tooting, London Uather bright me- 

 p.m. teor 



18 10 21 p.m. 



1810 26 p.m. 



About = 1st mag.* 



=3rd mag.* 

 >-lst map;.* 



Colour. 



White 



0*4 second .. 



Bright white., 



Dull 



Green and red 



= 3rdmag.;!- Reddish 



=:2Rd mag.» 

 = lst maa;.*.. 



Duration. 



0*5 second ... 



1*5 sec. ; slow 

 speed. 



0'3 second ... 



Blue I second 



White 



0'5 second 



About=3rd mag.* Dull white ...12 or 3 seconds 



= 3rd max.i 



Blue 



[lornsey Road ... 



Tooting, London 



18 10 17 p.m. [bid 



Large meteor 



:3rd mag. « 



Bright white.. 



— 2nd mag.» ; 

 larger and 

 brighter than 

 the last. 



1 second 



Moved slowlv 



4 to 6 seconds 



3 second 



1 second 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



From 5° — 17° 

 to 3 -25 



Disappeared near i 

 Draconis. 



From « to 

 Orionis. 



From 55° 0° 

 to y Eridani. 

 From 1) Eridani 



to 47°-22' 

 From /3 to e Aricti 



Shot from fi Eii 

 dani towards • 

 Leporis. 



Just beyond an( 

 parallel with 

 the south edgt 

 of the Milk; 

 AVay ; near thi 

 zenith. 



From the Pleiade 

 to « Trianguli. 



.\bout halfway be 

 tween the 'Point 

 ers' (a, /3 Ursa 

 Majoris) and Ca 

 pella. 



I 



It passed from i 

 litile south of ( 

 Cassiopeiae to ; 

 (r- ^) Cygni ant 

 onwards ^ o 

 the way to th( 

 horizon. 



From between Pie 

 iades and Aide 

 baran, a littli 

 ncarerthe forme 

 than the latter tt 

 ■J (a, X) Orionis. 



It began under Pie 

 iades and enrlei 

 between /3 and ; 

 Arietis. 



