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REPORT — 1878. 



A List of Fireballs seen during and before 



Date 



Hour 



Approx. 



G.M.T., or 



(Lcl.Time) 



1877. 

 Oct. 8 



(?) 



8(?) 



8 



19 



29 



30 



Nov. 4 



14 



h m 



7 p.m 



7 p.m, 



11 50 p.m, 



Precisely 

 6 15 p.m 



Clermont Fer- 

 rand, Cler- 

 mont, France 



Tiffanges, Ven- 

 dee, France. 



8 1 30 



8 4 p.m 



10 13 p.m 



9 4 p.m 



3 23 a.m 



16 6 21 p.m. 



Place of 

 Observation 



Bristol 



n , but < ? . 



Extremely bright 

 meteor. 



Meteor with 

 bright flash = 

 2x? 



Monmouth, 

 Wales. 

 [Similar de- 

 scriptions at 

 Cullompton, 

 Bath, Hun- 

 gerford, 

 Strandtown, 

 and Omagh, 

 in Ireland, 

 &c, contain 

 no more exact 

 particulars.] 



Dunecht Ob- 

 servatory, 

 Aberdeen, 

 Scotland. 



St. Lawrence, 



Kent. 

 Birmingham .. 



Sunderland 



Apparent Size 



Colour 



Colour dis- 

 tinctly 

 green. 



Extremely bril- 

 liant meteor in 

 strong twilight 

 and moonlight 

 ( Arcturus plain 

 ly visible). [At 

 Cork it illumi 

 nated the whole 

 city.] 



A very brilliant 

 meteor. 



White ; the 

 streak for 

 20 seconds 

 a dazzling- 

 ly white 

 wand; then 

 gradually 

 growing 

 fainter. 



Duration 



Less than 2 

 seconds. 



Position or 

 Apparent Path 



Began near o 

 Ursse majoris, 

 and descended 

 to the horizon. 



Just below the 

 stars of Ursa 

 major. 



A few degrees 

 above the E. 

 horizon ; from 

 109° + 17° to 

 116° + 12°. 



X ARCTURUS 



URSA 

 MAJOR 



Brilliant meteor. 



Point of explosion, 

 and of the per 

 sistent streak 

 at 268° + 60° 

 (equinox of 

 1855). 



Bright yellow^'o seconds, 

 [and red]. 



About = $ , 



Deep orange 



.York 



Sunderland 



Ibid. 



A fine meteor = <J ; 

 brightness uni 

 form. 



= n. 



At least = U 



Fiery red 



Orange 



About 1 

 second ; 

 quick. 



2^ seconds ; 

 moved 

 slowly. 



1*4 second 



Yellowish, 

 and green 

 ish ; at last 

 orange. 



Very slow, 3 

 seconds. 



From 350° -1° to 

 327° -17°. 



From i (20 Ceti, 

 5 Piscium) to J 

 (Mars, <J/ Aqua- 

 rii) starting a 

 few degrees be- 

 fore the former 

 point. 



From 100°+ 59° 

 to 190° +51°. 



From 47° + 27° to 

 24°+ 17°. 



From 270° + 16° 

 to 255° + 16°-5. 



