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REPORT — 18G7. 



Date. 



1866 

 Nov. 6 



Hour. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



h m 



11 30 p.m. 



11 40 p.m. 



Evening 



6 2 p.m. 



8 30 p.m. 



8 52 p.m. 



9 16 p.m. 



3 41 a.m. 



5 5 a.m. 



5 8 a.m. 



5 45 a.m. 



7 45 p.m. 



8 5 p.m. 

 8 14 p.m 



8 40 p.m. 



Wisbeach (Cam' 



bridgesbire). 

 Ibid 



Carthagena, 

 Columbia, 

 U.S.A. 



York 



Ibid 



West Hendon, 

 Sunderland. 

 Ibid 



Ibid 



Glasgow 



Primrose Hill 

 (London). 



Glasgow 



York 



Ibid 



.West Hendon, 

 Sunderland. 



Chesliam(Bucks) 



Apparent Size. 



Colour. 



Brighterthan Venus 



Nearly as bright as 

 Venus. 



Like a ship's red 

 light, as seen at 

 a distance of 200 

 vards. 



= lst mag.# 



= 3rd mag.* 

 = 3rd mag.* 

 = 2nd mag.* 



=2nd mag.* 



= n- 



Twice as bright as 

 Capella. 



= 3rd mag.* 



= 2nd mag.* 

 =2nd mag.* 

 = 1st mag.* 



Bright blue , 

 Blue 



Red 



Bright orange 



Yellow 



Orange yellow 



Duration. 



About 10 sees. 



Floated away 

 steadily for 

 3 minutes. 



I second 



second 

 Rapid ... 



2'2 seconds , 



Pale blue Swift motion 



White 



Yellow 



Far surpassed Ve- 

 nus at her bright 

 est. 



Bluish white.. 



0"4 second .. 



A second 

 i: second 



2 or 3 seconds 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



From Taurus to 



Cetus. 

 Through Gemini to 



Taurus. 



At a low altitude in 

 N.W. by W. 



Disappeared at 



Coronas Bore- 



alis. 

 From /3 Aurigas to 



N.E. horizon. 

 Passed close to /j. 



Ceti. 

 Disappeared at 



«=277r, ^=+ 



51°. 

 Passed midway 



between a and « 



Lconis. 

 From ff Lyncis to | 



{a, /j) Ursaj Ma- 



joris. 



From 31° 4- 62° 

 to 8+48 



From fi Leonis to 

 2° over a Comae 

 Berenicis. 



From j; AurigK to 



Kochab. 

 From Algol to the| 



Pleiades. 

 Passed between i 



and K Pegasi. 



First appeared at 

 a point a little 

 above and rather 

 west of J/ Dra- 

 conis. 



