268 



REPORT 18G9. 



Date. 



1869. 

 A.ug. 9 



Hour. 



)i in s 

 11 5.5 p.ni 



10 12 3 a.m 



10 



10 



10 

 10 



10 



11 



11 

 11 

 11 

 11 



11 

 11 



11 

 11 



11 

 11 

 11 



About 12 20 

 a.m. 



31 a.m. Ibid 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



Hawkhurst 



(Kent). 



-1st map;.* 



Ibid , 



Ibid 



9 57 p.m. 

 11 7 p.m. 



11 12 p.m. 

 10 27 p.m. 



10 30 p.m. 

 10 31 p.m. 

 10 31 p.m. 

 10 35 p.m. 



10 37 p.m. 



About 10 40 

 p.m. 



10 41 p.m 

 10 44 p.m. 



10 44 30 



p.m. 

 10 45 p.m 



About 10 45 

 p.m. 



Birmingham . . . 



Chalons, Sur 

 Marne, France, 



[bid 



Nearlj'=Capella.. 



Colour. 



Whitish-green 



-1st ma^.* 



-Istma";.*. 



:1st mag.» 



Birmingham .. 



Hawkhurst 



(Kent). 

 Ibid 



Birmingliam 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Ibid 



Ibid , 



= 3rd mag.* 



= 3rd raag.# 



= 3rd mag.* 

 = lst mag.* 

 = 2nd mag.» 

 = lst mag.*.. 



Ibid . 



Ibid . 



Ibid . 

 Ibid, 

 lliid , 



=2nd mag.* 

 = lst mag.* 



=2iul mag.# 

 =3rd mag.if 



=3rd mag.» 

 =:lst mag.*... 

 >2nd mag.tt 



Green 



Greenish 



Greenish 



= lstmaj!;.« White 



Yellow 



Blue . 



White . 

 White . 

 Blue . 

 Green . 



White . 

 Green . 



White . 

 Yellow 



Wliite . 

 White . 



Duration. 



A sudden flash; 

 h second. 



Nearly 2 sees 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



Nearly 1 sec. 



1 second 



0'5 second 



0-5 second 



08 second ... 



1 second 



0-5 second ... 

 1 second 



Near d Camelopardi 



From 7 to i3 Cas- 

 siopeia;, and on- 

 wards as far as 

 c Lacerta;. 



Commenced be- 

 tween fi and ij 

 Cygni, and shot 

 across Delphinus. 



Close to the left 

 upper side of the 

 Cluster at % I'er- 

 sei. 



From Sagittse to 

 (7 Aquila;. 



From i (F, K) Her- 

 culis to p Taui-i 

 Poniatovii. 



Disappeared at 

 Serpentis. 



1-2 second , 

 0'75 second . 



0'8 second , 



From i (c Ursae 

 Majoris, Cor Ca- 

 rol!), to Cor Ca- 

 rol!. 



From B Ilerculis tc 

 6 Delphini. 



Crossed E PsalterL 



From (T, to j8 Ursa 



Majoris. 

 Passed e and S 



towards S Dra^ 



conis. 

 From n Cygni to 



Delphini. 

 From i (Polaris 



ly Cephei) to t 



Dracouis, am 



some degree 



further. 

 From y to k Cephe 



1 sec. ; slo\t 

 sjieed. 



0'5 second ... 



0-8 second ... 



From e DeliJhinJ 



halfway to / 



Cygni. 

 Commenced at 



Pegasi. 

 From e Herculis ti 



a Ophinchi. 

 From (/ Ilonorun 



tt) c Pegasi. 



