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REPORT — 1878. 



A List op Fireballs seen during and before 



Date 



1878. 

 June 

 25 



Hour 



Approx. 



G.M.T., or 



(Lcl.Time) 



h m s 

 10 48 p.m. 

 (Pretty 

 accurate.) 



July22 At night 



(between 

 ll h and 

 14"). 

 29 10 24 or 

 1025p.m. 



29 



10 25 p.m. 



29 10 31 11 



p.m. 



29 



10 25 p.m. 



Place of 

 Observation 



Debenham 



= If. ; and near- 

 ly = ? • 



Bradford 

 (Hyde, 

 near 

 Chester. 



&c.), 



Man- 



Apparent Size 



Breadth of the 

 nucleus nearly 

 the distance be- 

 tween Alcor and 

 Mizar ; of the 

 end of the tail 

 I or § diameter 

 of the sun 

 Much brighter 

 than Vega or 

 Arcturus. 



Colour 



Reddish 



Styall ; 1 1 miles 

 nearly due S. 

 from Man- 

 chester. 



Middleton, 5 

 miles nearly 

 N. from Man- 

 chester. 



| diam. of the 

 moon (more lu- 

 minous than 

 any lime or 

 electric light ; 

 making the 

 smallest objects 

 visible). 



Sensible disc 

 much larger 

 and brighter 

 than $>. 



Large ; the flash 

 like sheet light- 

 ning 



(The flashes 

 white ; the 

 stars or 

 fragments 

 left, bright 

 red.) 



Light of the 

 flash very 

 blue. 



Bristol (and Most brilliant me 

 Colwyn Bay,| teor. (Like 



near Conway,! light f ^ a y > f 



N. Wales). 



the electric, 

 limelight.) 



Bright bluish 

 white. 

 (Bright 

 bluish 

 white.) 



Duration 



Moved slowly 



Began at a point 

 forming a tri- 

 angle towards 

 the south, with 

 /8 and ( Cassio- 

 peia ; disap- 

 peared near 7 

 Lacertae ; (path 

 and appearance 

 of the meteor 

 from a descrip- 

 tion.) 



(Short dura- 

 tion.) 



The whole il- 

 lumination 

 1| second 

 Pretty 



swift. 



From first 

 flash to dis- 

 appearance 

 between 2 

 and 3 se- 

 conds. 



Motion not 

 very rapid. 



Position or 

 Apparent Path 



In the northern 

 sky ; began at 

 an altitude of 

 50° or 65°. (The 

 trail reached 

 from the zenith 

 in a north-east- 

 erly direction.) 



Passed through 

 the centre of 

 the square of 

 Ursa Major, and 

 when emerging 

 from it, disap- 

 peared. The 

 first and strong- 

 est flash pro- 

 bably in the 

 head of Draco. 



Position of the 

 persistent track 

 from278° + 48°, 

 in Lyra, to 

 197° + 47° in 

 Canes Venatici. 

 An exact obser- 

 vation. 



Near the horizon, 

 in thick haze, 

 descending 

 from the re- 

 gion of Cassio- 

 peia. (In the 

 northern sky, 

 near Cassiopeia 

 and Polaris). 



