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REPORT — 1873. 



Date. 



1873. 

 AprU 8 



May 1 



July 1 



28 



Aug. 2 



9 

 11 



IG 



Sept. 9 



Hour, 

 approx. 

 G. iM. T. 



h m s 

 About 9 

 o'clock. 

 ('Tuesday 

 eveniug.') 

 12 40 



13 15 



11 32 

 10 28 

 10 35 



12 11 



9 10 

 11 30 



11 27 30 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Cardiff, S. Wales 



London 



Bristol =Tl 



Radcliffe 



Observatory, 



Oxford. 

 Grasmere, 



Cumberland. 



RadclifTe 



Observatory, 



Oxford. 

 Tooting, near 



London. 

 Birmingham .. 



Ilawkhurst 



(Keut). 



10 5 



Pontefract, 

 Yorkshire. 



Apparent Size. 



Very brilliant me- 

 teor. 



Brighter than any 

 of the fixed stars. 



As bright as the 

 full moon. 



2XV- 



= $ atherbrightest 



n 



Colour. 



Ruddy 



Blue. 



Green 



White 0-5 second . 



Duration, 



0-8 second 



3 seconds. 



= V-. 



Bright yellow 



Vivid blue ; 

 like the 

 magnesium 

 flame. 



Much brighter than | Yellow 

 $ . A sensible 

 apparent disk. 



Nearly 2 sees. 

 3 seconds 



Position. 



Shot across the sky 

 from N. to S., and 

 burst before reach- 

 ing the horizon. 

 Began not far from 

 Z, Ursse Majoris, 

 and disappeared 

 15° below Polaris. 

 Appeared at a great 

 elevation in the 

 southern sky 

 passing from 

 north-west to a 

 low elevation in 

 the south. 



a= d = 

 From 210°+49° 

 to 200+38 

 Shot from Arcturus 

 towards the N.W 

 horizon. 

 Disappeared at i 

 point as far from 

 y Pegasi as 

 Androraedse on 

 a line dravrn 

 through y Pegasi 

 from ^ a Andro. 

 medse, j8 Pegasi. 

 From near 58 to 

 near 63 Aurigae 



1 second ; very 

 slow. 



0'75 second ,. 



a= = 



From 339°-20° 

 to 1 -20 



Passed close to 



and on the 



left of 9 Pis 



cium. 



From 37" south of 



east, altitude 49° 



to 48^ south of 



east, altitude 10°. 



