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REPORT 1869. 





Date. 



1869. 

 May 31 



31 



Hour, 



h 

 U 



p.m, 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



Colour. 



II 4 



p.m. 



Llanduflno, 

 Wales. 



N. I Large meteor 



Torquay (Devon. 



shire). 



31 II 4 p.m. London 



31 



31 



31 



31 



II 



o p.m 



11 5 



p.m. 



About II a 

 p.m. 



II 14 p.m. 

 (Paris time) 



31 About 11 15 

 j p.m. 

 (Paris time) 



Ibid, 



Rickmanswortb.. 



Appeared as large 

 as tlie full moon 



Very large meteor. 



Large fireball 



Large meteor; half 

 as bright as the 

 moon. 



Ormskirk (Lan-JLarge fireball 

 cashire). 



Intense green. 

 Tail red with 

 red sparks. 



Bright red, 

 Avith red tail 

 Reflected 

 light green. 



Duration. 



Yellowish 



Moving with 

 great velo- 

 city. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



I 



Passed a little 

 below Arcturus; 

 Disappeared 

 behind Little 

 Orme's Head 

 (nearly due 

 east). 



First appeared a- 

 bout 30° abovf 

 the horizon, ;i 

 little south of 

 east, and disap- 

 peared below the 

 east horizon. 



First appeared 30° 

 above the ho- 

 rizon. 



White.like the About 1 sec. 

 magnesium motion not 

 light. Tail very rapid. 

 red. 



Paris 



Blue, red, and 

 vellow. 



flalf the apparent White, then 



diameter of the 

 full moon. 



Place du Carou- Large fireball 

 sel, Paris. 



red. 



5 or G seconds 



Appeared over the 

 houses, moving 

 eastwards. 



Disappeared about 

 6° or 8° above 

 the horizon. 



Disappeared at the| 

 horizon. 



Commenced in Ca-' 

 meloparrius, 6° 

 or 8" west of duel 

 north, at the | 

 snme altitude as!! 

 the three lowesti 

 stars of Cassio- 

 peia, and crossed ' 

 the constellation j 

 Perseus towards^ 

 Taurus. Disap-- 

 peared before ' 

 reaching the ho- 

 rizon. 



In the direction of 

 the Buttes Mont-' i 

 martre. ,1 1. 



