370 
Date. Hour. 
hemes 
12 39 am. 
1868. 
May 28 
June 5/10 11 p.m. 
9 50 p.m. 
Place of 
Observation. 
Hawkhurst 
(Kent). 
Birmingham 
Radcliffe Obser- 
vatory, Oxford. 
13} 9 15 p.m. 
1811 59 p.m. 
19/12 1 am. 
1912 9 am. 
19/12 20 am. 
19 (or 
? 26) 
About 10 
p-m. 
19)11 50 p.m. 
26/10 43 p.m. 
26/11 15 p.m. 
11 15 30 
p-m. 
10 15 p.m. 
Hawkhurst 
(Kent). 
Manchester ...... 
setae ene tenes 
Hastings 
(Sussex). 
Manchester 
Hawkhurst 
(Kent). 
[bidiesessavne«ssieee 
Birmingham ... 
sa(=ord, then —Jst 
REPORT—-1868. 
Apparent Size. 
eer 
=2nd mag.% ... 
mag.* 
Large meteor (?); 
5° in length, and 
1° in breadth. 
+» |= 18t MAL Heeeeeeese 
Brighter than Ve- 
nus appears at its 
brightest. 
=I1st MAgG.x....0000- 
= Ist mag.*.... 
=1} mag.x 
weeeee 
=I1st mag.x 
As large, but not 
so. bright as 
Venus. 
=2nd mage oe. 
= 2nd mag. 
=2nd mag.% 
=8rd, then = Ist 
mag.* 
Colour. 
White, then 
red. 
Dull yellow... 
White . 
White 
White . 
White . 
Bluish white... 
White ... 
Dull orange 
yellow. 
White ....000. 
White ....00... 
INVINICE) weoveness 
Wihte scenws 1 
Dull yellow... 
Duration. 
3°5 secs. ; slow 
speed. 
2 seconds ; 
slow. 
.|Nearly  four'First 
minutes. 
5 or 6 seconds 
(observer 
counted 
slowly up to 
27). 
2°5 seconds ... 
0°75 second... 
1 second ...... 
0-5 second ... 
Moved quite 
slowly. 
0°75 second... 
About 1 sec... 
About 1 sec... 
4 second ...... 
2 seconds...... 
Position, or 
Altitude and 
Azimuth. 
—— 
From Z Coronz to 
Q Cephei. 
a o= 
From 197°-++18° 
to Arcturus. 
situated 4 
little west of Po 
laris. Thence 
passed just be4 
low a, B Ursa 
Majoris, on @ 
course directly; 
west, to near thé 
ht. W. horizon. 
From altitude 25° 
due S., to aly 
titude 20°, S.E 
by 8. (Position: 
measured fron 
bearings, on th 
spot.) 
From near Lacert 
to » Draconis. — 
Close to y Urs 
Majoris. 
Close to B Andro: 
mede. { 
Above the N. 
horizon, n 
Come Berenice 
In the N.E., at a 
altitude of abo 
252. 
From 7 Cygni to 
Cephei. 
From o Cygni te 
» Cephei. 
Centre at 4% 
Urs Minoris, 
Persei). 
From H to C Can 
lopardi. 
From 6 Urse J 
joris to <=20 
o6=+44°, 
