114 



REPORT — 1877. 



Date. 



1876. 

 Nov. 8 



11 



i; 



Hour 

 G. M. T. (or 

 local time). 



h in 

 About 

 5 6 p.m, 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



Manchester , 



8 30 p.m. 



About 

 7 20 p.m. 



Leeds 



29 



Dec. 4 



9 53 p.m. 



About 

 8 p.m 



Sutton, near 

 Mitcbam 



(Surrey). 



Newcastle-on- 

 Tvne. 



Cardiff. 



1.", 



A little 

 before 

 4 30 p.m 



Cricklewood 

 (London). 



Large ; > Venus 

 in its whole 

 course, and bril- 

 liant at bursting 



= lst mag.*. 



Meteor of unusual 

 brilliancy. 



Atfirst=lstniag.#; 

 then rather 

 brighter than ty . 



Fully = Venus at its 

 greatest bright- 

 ness. 



Colour. 



White 



Bright green. 



Duration. 



3 or 4 seconds, 

 not more. 



Very quick 



fi or 6 seconds 



Position or 

 Apparent Path. 



From alt. about 38° 

 due south, to alt. 

 about 20° or 

 25° nearly S.W. 

 (Twilight too 

 bright for any 

 stars to be visible 

 in the sky.) 



Crossed a point 

 at f (e Delphini, 

 Altair). 



Shot from the great 

 square of Pega- 

 sus to Aquila. 



Moved slowly «= $ = 



at first, more From 47 o +20° 



quickly after 



wards. 



35 seconds. 



Fireball ; very large Bright flame- 

 colour ; 

 train of fiery 

 appearance. 



to 7 +14 

 Began close to 

 the lower edge 

 of the moon. 



While walking 

 northward the 

 meteor crossed 

 the observer's 

 view from W. 

 toE. 





