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REPORT— 18C9. 



Date. 



1869. 

 May 31 



31 



31 



Hour. 



h m 

 10 52 



p.m. 



Christ College, 

 Carabridse. 



About 11 

 p.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



Colour. 



Large meteor 



Battle (Sussex)..; Larger llian any of 

 the planets. 



About 11 

 p.m. 



31 



Hurstgreen 



(SusiSex). 



Deep yellow, 

 then orange, 

 then light 

 blue. 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



2 or 3 seconds From i (^, ff) 

 (>', r) Opt 



uchi, and 

 further. Disai 

 peared behit 

 houses. 





Ojihiuchui' 



./^ 



^ ooc '-^ 



tS'corpi. 



I')riglit flame- 

 colour. 



Appeared nearly asl Yellowish 

 large as the full 

 moon. 



31 About 1 1 llorsemonden, 

 p.m. Breuchley 



(Kent). 



About 11 

 p.m. 



Wrotham, Maid, 

 stone (Kent). 



Large fireball 



As large as the full 

 moon. 



Moderate 

 speed. 



Yellow, red. About 8 sees 



and purjile. 



slow speed. 



Proceeded 

 slowly. 



From some hcigl 

 above the S.S.I 

 horizon to vei 

 near the east hi 

 rizon. 



First seen at alt 

 tude 3.')° or 4f 

 in the E.S.I 

 Disappeared b 

 hind trees 3 ( 

 4° above tl 

 K.N.E. horizon, 



