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REPORT— 1872. 



Date. 



Hour. 



• Place of 

 Observation. 



1871. ; li m j 



i\ov.l3 9 5 p.tn.'N^ewcastlc-on- 

 Tyne. 



13 11 25 p.m. 



15 5 45 p.m. 



151 8 34 p.m. 



19 



Dec. G 



Reclicnliaro, 

 Kent. 



Regent's Park, 

 London. 



West Ilcndon, 

 Sunderland. 



41 p.m. I Royal Observa- 

 tory, Crccnwicb 



10 

 8 11 p.m 



Apparent Size. 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Position. 



Much brigbter than White ; no 



Venus. 



Large Reddish 



8 15 p.m. 



Birmingham .. 



Beeston, near 

 Nottingham. 



12 10 39 p.m. Glasgow 



20 10 28 p.m. 



31 



About 10 25 

 p.m. 



Nancy, France ... 



Tooting, near 

 London. 



Brighter than the 

 fixed stars. 



Brighter than Ve 

 nus. 



Brighter than Jii 

 pitcr. 



other colours, 



Ruddv colour. 



White 



As bright as Venus Blue, 

 at its ma.ximum. 



Very large Red 



As bright as Jupiter White 



Large Green 



Brighter than Jupi- 

 ter. 



Apparent path 

 aliout 10' S. from 

 West, reaching to 

 the horizon. 



\cross the lower! 

 part of Ursa Ma- 

 jor. 



From 2 40° + 66° 

 to 197 + 74 



Shot from Algol' 

 towards v Tauri, 

 disappearing a 

 few degrees be- 

 fore reaching X- 

 Tauri. 



Course near and 

 parallel to Orion's! 

 belt. 



a.— S^ 

 From 97°+50° 

 to 76 +17 



Shot from /3 Auriga; 

 towards « Tauri 

 disappearing at a 

 point in 11. A. 

 5" 10"-, N. Decl 

 31° 30'. 





0-75 second . 



From Cassiopeia 

 through Perseus, 

 towards the Plei 

 ades, near to 

 which star it dis- 

 appeared. 



1 or 2 seconds Shot across q and| 

 TT Orionis. 



a= ( = 

 From 73°+ 13° 

 to 09 + 4 



