128 



REPORT 1877. 



Date. 



1876. 

 Aug. 5 



8 



8 



10 



Hour 

 G. M. T. (or 



local time). 



Place of 

 Observation. 



li m 



10 39 p.m.Radcliffe Ob- 

 servatory, 

 Oxford. " 



Apparent Size. 



= 1st mag * 



10 40 p.m 



10 33 p.m. 



10 34 p.m 



9 56 p.m. 



!• 9 53 p.m. 



10 



About 



10 p.m 



1011 59 p.m. 



10 11 59 p.m. 



11 10 27 p.m. 

 11 10 27 p.m. 



Bristol 



Ibid. 



Sunderland 



West Hendon, 



Sunderland 



(Durham). 



; y . A splendid 

 meteor. 



= lst mag.* 



= lst mag.* 



= Venus, near the 

 end of its course. 



Edgbaston, Bir- A very brilliant 

 mingham. meteor. 



Writtle, Chelms- 

 ford (Essex). 



Bristol 



Radcliffe Ob- 

 servatory, 

 Oxford. ' 



Bristol 



= V- (?) 



= 3rd mag.*; small 

 meteor. 



= 3rd mag.* 



= 1st mas;.* 



Radcliffe Ob- = 1st mag.# 

 servatory, 

 Oxford. 

 11 10 38 p.m. Bristol 



y. ; a very fine 

 meteor. 



Colour. 



Red 



Duration. 



Orange (?) 



Red 



Yellow- 



Rather swift.. 



2 seconds. 



Rapid 



1110 38 p.m. Ibid = 2nd mag.-;; 



1 second 



Position or 

 Apparent Path. 



From a Canuml 

 Venaticum [a 

 misdirection, cer-J 

 tainly], passed! 

 j; Bootis 7° orj 

 8°, curving 

 downwards. 



a= — 



From 199° +54° 

 to 207 +19 

 (from % Ursae to 

 i] Bootis). 

 a= £ = 



From 44° +46° 

 to 445 +37 



On a line from 

 e Pegasi to 2° 

 above /3 Acruarii 

 prolonged, began 

 12° or 15° be- 

 yond the latter 

 star. 



Passed a roint at 

 269°, -15°, and 

 went about 5° 

 further. 



Passed from jj 

 Draconis nearly 

 across (to a point 

 about 2° beyond) 

 y Corona;. 



Burst below A re- 

 turns and went 

 on a short dis- 

 tance ; no small 

 stars visible 

 there. 



*= 8= 



From 40° +39 c 

 to 40 +33 



From between 6 

 and X to \ Cas- 

 siopeia;. 

 «= o = 



From 3 15"+ 9° 

 to:'07 +3[?-3; 



From ^ (a, Z) Aqui- 

 hc toaOphiudii 



a= 8= 



From 151°+69° 

 to 170 +53 



From 170 +73 

 to 182 +55 



