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REPORT 1875. 



Date. 



Hour 

 (G. M. T. or 

 local time). 



Place of 

 Observation. 



1875. h m 



Mar. 9 



Apr. 21 



May 4 



July 28 



Aug. 7 



15 



8 p.m 



About 

 1 15 a.m 



9 59 p.m. 



Apparent 

 Magnitude. 



Quite as bright as 

 Venus. 



Colour. 



Newcastle-on- 

 Tyne. 



Ibid, 



10 28 p.m. 



About 

 10 5 p.m, 



8 35 p.m. 



Regent's Park, 

 London. 



Hawkhurst, 

 Kent. 



Ibid. 



About = Venus .. 



About = If.. 



Nearly = If. . 



Bright white 



White 



About = Venus 



, Green 



A fine meteor ; 

 much brighter 

 than Sirius. 



Like a bril- 

 liantly 

 green star. 



Duration. 



Motion ex- 

 ceedingly 

 slow; about 

 3 seconds. 



About 1^ sec. 



Position, or 

 Apparent Path. 



Passed down the 

 S.E. sky, about 

 9° W. of Cor 

 Hydrae, 



a= S^ 



From 134°-16° 

 to 144 -26 



,■■ so 



Jupiter 



The 



About 3 sees. 



• Cassiopeia 

 • • • 



Descended obliquely from near 

 the foot of Cassiopeia across 

 Perseus. 



Shot steadily 

 moderate 

 speed. 



About lAsec, 



Began at e Pegasi. 

 Disappeared 

 near but below 

 Aquilae. 



From a few degrees 

 below T Pegasi 

 passed a few 

 degrees below 

 t) i Aquarii and 

 4° or 5° further. 



Halfway between 

 Capricorn and 

 Scorpio. 



