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REPORT — 1878. 



A List of Fireballs seen during and before 



Date 



1877. 



Nov.27 



27 



Hour 



Approx. 



G.M.T., or 



(Lcl.Time) 



h m 



10 26 p.m. 



10 25 p.m 



Dec. 2 About 

 8 15 p.m 



8 15 p.m. 



5 38 p.m. 



9 

 15 



Place of 

 Observation 



6 23 p.m 



8 13 p.m 



8 13 p.m 

 ( ± 2™). 



11 36 p.m 



11 58 p.m 



About 

 7 p.m. 



The Royal Ob- 

 servatory, 

 Greenwich. 



Writtle, near 

 Chelmsford, 

 Essex. 



St. John's, 

 Devonport. 



Babbacombe 



Sunderland 



Writtle, near 

 Chelmsford, 



Essex. 



Apparent Size 



at termination. 

 Estimated dia- 

 meters would be 

 illusory from 

 its prodigious 

 brightness. 



= <j> i n the third 

 quarter of its 

 course, growing 

 fainter thence 

 to disappear- 

 ance. 



= to a 1st mag. * 

 at appearance ; 

 = $ at disap 

 pearance. 



A splendid meteor 



Large meteor. 



Colour 



Duration 



Position or 

 Apparent Path 



White or Duration not 



blue ; and less than 



at last dull 15 or 20 



red. seconds 



fairly 



counted. 



Red at first, 'Part of path 



then green- 

 ish blue. 



Ibid. 



Bromley, Kent 

 N. lat. 51 c 

 24'J, E. long. 

 2'i 



Writtle, near 

 Chelmsford, 

 Essex. 



Ibid 



Southend-on- 

 Sea, Essex. 



= n 



= ty in the last 

 part of its 

 course ; less 

 bright at ap 

 pearance. 



8 ( ± 2) x a Lyra; 



= Sirius. 



= Sirius. 



Large luminous 

 body. 



seen, 6 or 8 

 seconds, 



Green, 

 changing 

 to violet. 



Bright green ; 

 short train 

 of bright 

 red sparks 



Pale green 



Bluish mauve 



Emerald 

 green ; 

 streak yel- 

 low. 



Pale emerald 

 green. 



Pale mauve... 



Moderately 

 quick. 



4 or 5 seconds 



4 seconds 



1-6 (± 0-3) 

 second.' 



- 5 second 



1 ^ second 



3 seconds 



to a point r 

 sudden disa 

 pearance abov 

 the horizon, a 

 250° + 30°. 



From 6° abo\ 

 Castor to a poi; 

 5° to the left i 

 Sirius. 



From 79° + 3. 

 to 91° - r 

 and from ot he- 

 accounts CO' 

 tinued severs 

 degrees. 



Position of i 

 course from ■ 

 to W. 



Fell from 15° 

 5° above t . 

 S.W. horizon. 



Disappeared (\» 

 hind a hous 

 at 197° + 35 . 



From 48° + I 



to 55° - 1< 



From 285° + fl 

 to 239° + 3< 



Shot from :. 

 Camelopardi 

 (± 1°) aero: 

 fi Lyrse (±1 

 and disappearc 

 about6°beyon< 



From 135° + S. 

 to 147° + -J. 



From 120° + 7 

 to 250° + 9] 



Passed from Si 

 toN.W. 



