296 



REPORT 1867. 



Date. 



1866. 

 Oct. 28 



28 

 28 



30 

 31 



Hour. 



Nov. 1 



h m 



7 58 p.m, 



8 1 p.m. 

 8 6 p.m. 



10 29 p.m. 

 10 30 p.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Ibid, 



Ibid . 

 Ibid . 



Apparent Size. 



= lst mag.#. 



= lstmag.». 

 = 2^-mag.« . 



8 40 p.m, 

 6 58 p.m, 



310 16 p.m. Ibid 



West Ilendon, =:3rd mag.* 



Sunderland. ' 

 Chesham(Buclvs) Telescopic .. 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Yellow 



Yellow 

 YeUow 



Orange colour 

 Vcrv red ... 



West Hendon, 

 Sunderland. 



Primrose Ilill ., 



5 55 p.m, 



6 30 p.m 

 6 59 p.m. 



Ewhurst 

 (Sussex). 



York 



Wimbledon 

 (Surrey). 



:2nd mag.* 



= 4th mag.*, then 

 twice 

 as 2f 



twice as bright 



Yellow 



Vivid blue .. 



Twice as bright as Blue 



About three times 

 as bright as Ve 

 nus. 



= 3rd ma?.* 



Apparent diameter 

 and brightness 

 of V-- 



Yellow 



i second 



i second 

 3 second 



Momentary 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



From cluster in 

 Perseus to Great 

 Nebula in An- 

 dromeda. 



From /3 Aurigae to 

 Pleiades. 



From y Cassiopeiae 

 to X Persei. 



Disappeared near 



30 Aquarii. 

 Crossed the Pleia- 



des west of Al 



cyone. 



>^ 



^J^ 



2 seconds. 



Disappeared at 

 «=220% S= + 

 50°. 



a= S = 



From 63°+ 50° 

 to 185 + 69 



Began ^° to left of 

 « Aiietis. 



7 or 8 seconds, From near Venus 

 motion un-| to Ursa Major, 



usually slow. 



second 



disappearing be. 

 neath /3 of that 

 constellation 

 [Position of Ve- 

 nus a = 262°-5, 

 ^=-28°.] 



From X Persei to /i 

 Andromeda;. 



3 seconds in From 8° north. 



half its path 



west of Capella 

 to 4° north and 

 4° west of 

 Ursffi Majoris. 



