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REPORT 1873. 



LAEGE METEOES AND EIEEBALLS OBSEEVED 



Date. 



18G6 

 Jan. 1 



Nov.13 



13 



Dec.lO 



1868. 



Sep. 14 



or 15 



1869. 

 Aug. 11 



Hour, 



approx. 



G. M. T. 



h m 

 9 20 



9 18 30 



12 30 



10 24 



About 8 

 o'clock. 

 (Exact 

 time and 

 date un- 

 certain.) 

 14 8 



Oct. 27 

 Nov.15 



19 



1870. 

 Mar.30 



8 15 



10 13 



7 



8 20 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Bristol . 



York 



Brighter thar 

 fixed stars. 



the 



2XV- Yellow 



Bristol . 



Ibid. 



Keynsham, near 

 Bristol. 



Radcliffe 

 Observatory, 

 O.\:ford. 



Besselsleigh, 

 near Oxford. 



Radcliffe 

 Observatoiy, 

 Oxford. 



Ibid 



Far the brightest 

 meteor seen du- 

 ring the Novem- 

 ber shower. 



Brighter than any 

 meteor seen on 

 November 13 to 

 14, 1866, ex- 

 cepting perhaps 

 the above noted. 



As bright as either 

 of the foregoing 

 meteors. 



Ibid. 





Blue. 



White 

 White 



Brilliant white 



3J seconds 



Glided along 

 the sky. 



2 seconds or 3 



seconds. 

 2 seconds... 



About 5 sees. 



Position. 



Passed a few de- 

 grees from the 

 moon, and near 

 a certain bright 

 fixed star, either 

 Prooyon or Pol- 

 lux. 



From clouds close 

 to Mars to k For- 

 nacis (110°, -f 

 22°-5 to 34°, - 

 24°-5). Low 



down along the 

 eastern horizon. 



Passed directly a- 

 cross the zenith. 



Commenced near 

 the constellation 

 Ursa Minor, and 

 taking a south- 

 erly direction, 

 disappeared 

 when it reached 

 Orion. 



Commenced near 

 Cassiopeia. (Ap- 

 parent path not 

 exactly noted.) 



Position of the 

 bright streak 

 about midway 

 between a Cygni 

 and a Aquilae. 



From Tp Tauri to 

 the Pleiades. 



From Pollux to X 

 Ursae Majoris. 



Passed through 

 Ursa Major. 



From the zenith 

 to a point near 

 the horizon, a 

 little south of 

 east. 



