150 
Date. Hour. 
1858. |h m s 
Sept. 12) 8 31 30 
30) 7 51 
In evening.. 
Oct. 8)In evening.. 
9) 7 13 
7 27 
1857. 
Aug. 25] 8 30 p.m. 
1858. 
Jan, 10) 8 17 p.m. 
31/10 40 p.m. 
=twice that of Mars 
== [8b MAG ecsscecur-ss 
Brilliant ball = 
REPORT—1858. 
Appearance and 
Magnitude. 
at time of opposi- 
tion. Form circu- 
larandwell-defined. 
=from 2nd to 3rd Colourless 
mag.*, shape elon- 
gate. 
seereteee 
Velocity or 
Duration. 
Brightness 
and Colour. 
Train or Sparks. 
Exceedingly |Leaving a slight streak in|Duration 2 secs. 
bright co-| its track. 
lour, an in- 
tense blue. 
Tolerably rapid, 
...|Same body seemed to dis- 
ration 0°8 sec. 
appear and reappear 21 
times. 
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eae ee ee eeeesesenes 
aac PoUbe a dines canaecaea 
OP Pere cere errr rrr Oe enenee 
Very rapid ...... 
see eeeeee 
Motion slow, dur. 
Long tail, and leaving a 
tion 1°15 sec. 
streak in its track. 
eee eteee 
Brilliant) ..ccenescsssesnlun 
Bright meteor =moon|Orange......... 
and in form of a 
crescent, as if 5or 6 
days old; became 
elongated a little, 
and fell rotating; 
diameter of circle 
of rotation being 
about 3 times the 
diameter of the 
crescent. 
.--|Orange......00e 
Observations of Luminous Meteors 
On bursting threw out a/Continued about 
shower of fire and disap-| secs., then bur 
peared in about 2 secs. 
Broke into brilliant reddish].....s.seseeesseeeees 
fragments. i 
Threw off large sparks and].....c.ssssereecesee 
disappeared below hori- 
zon. 
Perec ere 
