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EEPOET 1873. 



Date. 



1872. 

 Nov.22 



23 



h m s 

 About 

 5 14 



7 20 



30 



Dec. 9 



2G 



2C 



1873. 

 Feb. 3 



April 6 



Hour, 

 approx. 

 G. M. T. 



8 10 



(local time). 



11 15 



Place of 

 Observation. 



South Kensing- 

 ton, London. 



Bristol . 



St. Thomas 

 (West Indies). 



Tooting, near 

 London. 



G 10 : London 



7 58 



9 30 



10 

 p.m. 

 (local time). 



9 8 



Bristol . 



Ibid.. 



Australia . 



Ibid. 



Apparent Size. 



Rather brighter 

 than 2/. at his 

 brightest. 



Large ractcor 



A bright meteor 



Brighter than the 

 fixed stars. 



About as bright as 

 the quarter-moon. 



Very large 



Nearly as bright as 

 Venus at ber 

 brightest. 



Colour. 



Blue. 



Deep rod . 



Blue 



Blue 



Duration. 



About 2 sees. 



Position. 



Disappeared about 

 10° before reach- 

 ing the zenith, 

 which it would 

 have gone about 

 5° or 10° to the 

 south of. 

 «= S^ 



From 18° +44° 

 to 164 +63 

 From the N.W. 

 part of Andro- 

 meda, across the 

 sword-hand of 

 Perseus, and Ca- 

 melopardustothc 

 head of Ursa Maj. 



Exceedingly 

 slow speed ; 

 not less than 

 5 seconds or 

 10 seconds. 



2 seconds 



About 1-5 se- 

 cond ; mo- 

 tion slow. 



Shot on a line from 

 /3 through tt Pe- 

 gasi to y Cygni, 

 beginning near 

 TT Pegasi and 

 ending near 

 Cygni. 



From close to Po- 

 laris, passed 

 close to a, j0 

 Ursse Majoris, 

 through the 

 square of Ursa 

 Major. 



From 343° + 22° 

 to 338 - 4 



First seen at alti- 

 tude about 60'" 

 in the north- 

 west. 



From 83°+42°-5 

 to 56 +31 



Began between 

 m, 13, e Au- 

 rigae and ended 

 near ? Persei, 

 about 10° above 

 Venus. 



