361. 



REPORT — 1873. 



Date. 



Hour, 

 approx. 

 G. M. T. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent 



Magnitude, 



as per Stars &c. 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Apparent Path. 



1872. 

 Nov, 3 



28 

 28 



1873 

 Feb. 3 



h m s 

 About 

 9 15 



10 25 



10 29 



(approx. 

 time). 



9 58 



Bristol . 



Very bright meteor 



Regent's Park, 1st mag., bright 

 London. 



Hawkhurst 



(Kent). 



Bristol . 



Large meteor 



About 

 10 



Wordsley, near 

 Stourbridge. 



27 



About 

 7 30 



Tooting, near 

 London. 



27 



1st mag. 



Bluish 



As bright as 

 half moon. 



tlie The train 



green, pur- 

 ple, and 

 yellow. 



Moved slowly 



Rather slow 

 speed. 



6 seconds. 



Nearly = $ 



Brilliant white 



7 35 Bristol 



Apr. 19 10 42 30 



19 



19 



19 



10 44 



11 15 



11 17 



20! 10 22 15 



Newcastle-on- 

 Tvne. 



York. 



Kadcliffe Obser- 

 vatory, Oxford 



Street, near Bath 

 (Somersetshire) 



Newcastle-on- 

 Tyne. 



2ud mag. 



Ik mag. 



1st mag. 

 1st mag. 



1st mag. 

 H mag. 



White 



More than 2 

 seconds. 



I 



Yellow . 



Bluish 



Blue 



ri second 



Less than 

 second. 



r5 second 



Appeared at a point 

 near the zenith, 

 and passed down- 1 

 wards about 10°! 

 E. of the Pleiades 

 in Taurus. 

 a= d = 



From 73°-5+29° 

 to 88 +35-5 , 



Began near b Ca 

 melopardi. 



Flash of the meteorl 

 behind cloudb| 

 near the horizon, 

 about 10° E. of 

 N. or at N. by E. 



Shot from a point 

 about 40° or 50' 

 above the N.W. 

 horizon towards 

 and about half- 

 way to the W. 

 point of the ho- 

 rizon. 



From near the 

 Sword-hand of 

 Perseus to aboul 

 2° beyond ^ (a. 

 jS) Andromeda;. 



Shot towards Venus 

 from E. to W. 



Passed 1° above, 

 and disappeared 

 about 5° beyond 

 Spica. 

 1-5 From d Bootis to 

 about 5° south ol 

 j3 Leonis. 



From 8 Draconis to 

 y Cephei, 



1"5 second 



Orange-yellow 0'6 second 



From 295° 44° 

 to 307 55 



From CoronsB tO| 

 6 Bootis (verj 

 exact position) 



