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REPORT — 1867. 



Date. Hour. 



1866. 

 Nov. 14 



14 



h m 

 2 40 



s 

 a.m 



2 40 a.m. 



14 



14 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Carlton Hill 

 Observatory. 



Newcastle-upon- 

 Tyne. 



Apparent Size. 



Large meteor 



Colour 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



2 41 a.m 



2 40 58 

 a.m. 



Glasgow Obser- 

 vatory. 



Three times as 

 bright as Venus. 



Very large 



Observatory, 

 Aberdeen, 



One-fifth diameter 

 of full moon. 



Theluminous streak 

 remained nearly 

 stationary be- 

 tween the ' Poin- 

 ters ' in Ursa Ma- 

 jor and Polaris. 



Passed from Leo 

 north of a, and /3 

 Ursae Majoris, 

 skirting Polaris, 

 and became in- 

 visible near Al- 

 derarain, a Ce- 

 phei. 



Slow motion, 

 and appa- 

 rently di- 

 minishing 

 speed. 



Commenced be- 

 tween Mars and 



Pollux, 



nearer 



latter. 



peared 



Tauri. 



rather 



to the 



Disap- 



at e 



Fig. 1, 



appearance of 



the streak when 



first deposited. 



Fig. 2, ditto at 



2'' 43™ a.m. 



Fig. 3, ditto at 

 Oh 44m 3Q, g_jjj_ 



