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REPORT 1877. 



OBSERVATIONS 

 SEEN IN RECENT YEARS, 



Date. 



1847. 

 Feb. 23 



1861. 

 Nov. 15 



1872. 

 Sept. 5 



Hour 



G. M. T. (or 



local time). 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



h m 



(Afternoon) Twenty milesjSeen in full sun- 

 north of Iowa shine 

 City, U. S. 



About 



10 30 p.m. 



(local time). 



From about 50 Apparentsizesomc- 



milcs S. to 

 about 50 miles 

 N.W. of Iowa 

 City, U. S. 

 [Real course on 

 map:Mr.lrish. 

 Heights not 

 stated.] 



1874. 

 Sept. 2 



1875. 

 Sep. 1 J 



p.m. 

 (local time). 



ona city, 

 Course 

 map 

 over 

 City to 

 City, 



U. S. 



on 



from 



Siou.\ 



Iowa 



Chica 



go, and Pitts- 

 burgh, U. S,, 

 and thence to 

 the Atlantic 

 Ocean, out ol 

 sight. 



10 53 p.m. Highfield House 

 Observatory, 

 Beeston 

 (Notts). 



8 25 p.m. 



Two miles north 

 of Chelmsford, 

 Essex. 



what greater thai 



that of the full 

 moon 



Very large 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Position or 

 Apparent Path. 



Not more than Seen in the cast at 



Red (blood- 

 red). 



seconds 



15 seconds 

 while in 

 sight. 



From a mere point Intense blue. 2 seconds; 

 at first to 4j of Train of yel- rapid. 

 the apparent size low sparks, 

 of the moon. 



Venus 



Greenish blue, About 6 sees, 

 with train 

 of crimson 

 sparks. 



an altitude 

 about 40°. 



of 



Appeared in the 

 N.W. and passed 

 across |3 Ursa? 

 Minoris, the S. 

 part of Cassio- 

 peia, and the S. 

 part of Aries, to 

 the very horizon 

 eastwards. 



a= d = 

 44° + 38° 

 101 +56-5, 

 from below 



y Andromeda; 



across a Persei. 



From 

 to 

 or 



From near Po 

 laris to 4° east of 

 the " Pointers," 

 and thence to 

 within about 2° 

 of the horizon, 

 N.N.W., where 

 it was perhaps 

 lost in mists. 





