Hour, 
approx. 
G. M. T. 
h “m 
2 0 
8 
a.m. 
1 31 am. 
11 16 p.m. 
0 36 am. 
2 11 am, 
2 28 am. 
247 O+ 
1872. 
Dec.12) 4 53 p.m. 
(Washing- 
ton mean 
time.) 
1873. 
Feb. 14/A little after 
6 p.m. 
(Washing- 
ton mean 
time.) 
0 14 52 
a.m. 
10 5 p.m. 
Aug. 8 
Sept. 9 
Place of 
Observation. 
Queenstown 
(Ireland). 
Ibid. 
weer eeeee tee 
Near Lisbon 
(Portugal). 
[bid, 
Kentucky, U. S.. 
REPORT—1874., 
Newhaven, ‘Con- 
necticut, U, 8. 
Royal Observa- 
tory, Greenwich, 
Ackworth, 
Somersetshire. 
Less bright than|Foremost nu- 
the planet Venus| cleus green; 
appeared. the follow- 
ing one yel- 
lowish. 
Bs 2G. aegis: oe White: 4.cscsses 
Brighter than |Yellow ...... 
Venus, even in 
moonlight. 
Apparent 
Magnitude, Colour. Duration. Apparent Path. 
as per Stars &c. 
= Mars\or 2...... White ........./2 secs. ; slow.. 2= .0= 
From 3499°+47° 
to 9 +30 
we Pacsaed.is ../White ........./0°5 sec.; swift/From 30°+89° 
to 240 +78 
= Marsior 2} v:.ce0 White ........./1°5 sec.; very/From 50°+33° 
slow. to 40 +23 
= Mars or 2} ...... White .........)1 sec.; very |From 24°+28° 
swift. to 337 +48 
= Mars or 2} ...... White ........./0°3 sec.; very|From 33°-+19° 
swift. to 15 +18 
saiPisiwds ae societies White ...... .../0°3 sec.; very|/From 67°— 9° 
swift. to 75 —23 
= Mars or 2 ...... White ....,..../0°5 second .../From 38°+65° 
to 330 +74 
Very large .0is).05. [ White ; [Rapid ; Ibid.]/From altitude 40°. 
Marion City, 15° E. of S. to 
Kentucky. ] about altitude 
10° S.S.E. 
soccccvesccsscesss[kirst appeared 
near the planet 
Venus, and shot 
to a direction N. 
64° W., altitude 
about 15°, 
Passed below n An- 
dromede. 
0°75 second.../From altitude 
about 49°, 53° 
E. from §. to 
altitude 10°, 
42° EK. froin S, 
1 second 
EE eee 
= 4 
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