134. 



REPORT 1876. 



Date. 



Hour 

 G. M. T. (or 

 local time). 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Position or 

 Apparent Path. 



1876. 

 Aug. 11 



h m s 

 11 21 p.m.|Sunderland, 



i Durham. 



Large and bright.,. 



11 



11 22 30 

 p.m. 



Crediton, North 

 Devon. 



Fully as bright as 

 Venus appears at 

 her brightest. 



White. Streali 

 red above, 

 yellow at 

 lowest 

 point. 



Greenish 

 white. 



11 About ;\Vrittle, near 



11 21 p.m ' Chelmsford, 

 Essex. 



13 



I'' 



15 



Much brighter than 

 Venus. 



I 



9 27 p.m. 



Radeliffe Obser- Large meteor 

 vatory, Oxford. 



9 27 p.m. Buntingford, 

 I Herts. 



15 



About 

 9 20 p.m. 



Bristol 



= ?. 



U least as bright 

 j as Venus appears 

 I at its maximum. 



Point of disappear- 

 ance a— S = 

 28r-21^° 



First appeared be- 

 tween the con- 

 stellations Per- 

 seus and Ursa 

 Major. From 

 10 {(3; rfjBode) 

 Camelopardi, 

 halfway towards 

 a Ursa; Majoris 



First appeared 

 about 6° north, 

 preceding • Co- 

 ronae ; passed be^ 

 tween that star 

 and 6 Bootis, 

 and died out 

 few degrees S.W. 

 of a Coronae. 



Starring - point 

 near a Cassio- 

 peia. End of 

 course hidden 

 by the Tower 

 of the Obser- 

 vatory. 



At least 2 sees. Passed close to 

 Moderate a Cygni. 

 speed. j About «= S= 



from 30<'-f67° 

 to 305 -1-37 



Slow motion. 



9 30 p.m 



Radeliffe Obser- 3 or 4 X Jupiter 

 vatory, Oxford. 



Blue to green. .U seconds 



First seen slightly 

 above Arcturus ; 

 disappeared un 

 der the star 

 group of Comae 

 Berenices, on 

 the N.W. hori- 

 zon ; descending 

 obliquely. 



From «, passing 

 jj Bobtis, to a 

 point on the 

 horizon in a 

 line with j/ 

 Ursae Majoris 

 and a Canum 

 Venaticorum. 



