294 



REPORT — 1867. 



Date. 



1866 

 Oct. 14 



14 



15 



16 



19 



21 



24 



Hour. 



h m 



7 28 p.m. 



9 3 p.m 



6 34 p.in 



8 58 p.m. 



AboutSa.m, 



8 25 p.m. 

 (local time). 



4 40 p.m, 



28, 7 50 p.m. 

 28 7 54 p.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



West Hendon, 

 Sunderland. 



Ibid, 



Ibid, 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



At sea, on the 

 passage be- 

 tween Dover 

 and Holyhead. 



Hoboken, New 

 Jersey, U. S. A 



The Curragb, 

 Kildare, 

 Ireland. 



York 

 Ibid.. 



Apparent Size. 



= 2nd mag.tt 



: 2nd mag.«- 



— Sirius 



= 2nd mag.» 



5' or 6' in diameter 

 Most briUiant. 



Large fireball 



Much brighter than 

 the planets. 



Colour. 



Yellov? . 



Orange colour 



Yellow 



Violet, ap- 

 proaching to 

 scarlet. 



Bright gi-een. 



= 3rd mag.s 'Yellow 



Duration. 



Moved slowly 

 Rapid , 



Moved slowly 



I second 



Fell slowly ... 



^ second 



jstraag.« .Yellow ^ second 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



From near T, to 

 2° below 6 Pe 

 gasi. 



Disappeared at a 

 point about a = 

 180°, S=+78'" 



Went behind 

 cloud about 10° 

 preceding r} 13o- 

 otis. 



From T Cephei to <p 

 Draconis. 



Appeared at an alti 

 tudeofabout70° 



From near tlie 

 zenith ; moved 

 towards the 

 S.W. ; disap 

 pearing over 

 Jersey city. 



From about R. A 

 335°,N.Dccl. 3\ 

 to about R. A, 

 358°, S. Decl. 5°. 

 Rough positions 

 from a drawing. 



Near a Ursfe Ma- 



joris. 

 From S Cygni to 



Equuleus. 



