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REPORT 1867. 



Date. 



1866. 

 Nov. 14 



14 



14 



14 



Hour. 



h m s 

 12 41 a.in. 



12 41 30 

 a.m. 



12 45 a.m. 



1 7 a.m. 



14 



14 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



St. Andrews 

 (Scotland). 



Observatorj', 

 Aberdeen. 



Birraiughain ... 



Primrose Hill 

 (London). 



1 8 a.m. CardiflF 



1 8 a.ra. 



Stretton (Here, 

 ford). 



Twice as bright as 

 Venus. 



Brighter than a 1st 

 mag.*., then equal 

 to Venus. 



Large and bright 



3x:^ 



Very large meteor. 



Colour. 



Blue 



Purple , 



Duration. 



4 seconds. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



th 

 re 



Position of 

 meteor not 

 corded. The ovi 

 mass of the trai 

 disappeared 

 the Milky Waj 

 close to 6 Perse 



Commenced in Le« 

 and disappeare 

 in the wester 

 horizon, crossin 

 the zenith con 

 pletely across tl 

 vault. 



Stationary at 

 148°, J=+25' 



Disappeared 5° b( 

 low Aldebaran. 



Appeared nea 

 Castor, and sho 

 across the Plei 

 ades. 



Passed across 



Orionis, and disi 

 appeared beneati 

 the Pleiades si 

 a point wherl 

 two lines draw, 

 from those stai| 

 unite to form 

 right angle abou 

 equidistant fror 

 both. 



