1887.] Mr R. T. Omond on Glories , Halos, and Coronce. 317 
January 2, 1887. — At 18 h triple corona seen, red outside in all 
three rings ; outermost ring faint and evanescent. At times a 
fourth ring was seen inside these, surrounding white space near 
moon, but it was too small to measure (less than 50'). This corona 
was formed on scud, size varied. 
Radius of innermost red, . . 1° 22'. 
,, middle red, . . 2° 5' 
,, outermost red, . . 4° 23'. 
When no scud was passing a (faint) blue corona was seen on the 
clear sky. Radius = 3° 2'. Lunar fog-bow was also seen at 18 h . 
Radius about 38° 40'. 
January 3, 1887. — Triple corona (lunar) seen at 19 h ; red 
outside in all three rings. 
Radius of first red, . . 0° 54' 0° 56' 1° 0' 
,, second red, . .1° 48' 
,, third red, . . 3° 36' 3° 15' 
January 5, 1887. — Solar corona seen at 13 h ; 
margin. 
Radius of red 1 , . . . . 3° 7' 
„ red 2 , . . . . 6° 12' 
„ extreme outside of red 1 , . 4° 13' 
colours as on 
Red 2 
Green 
Red 1 
White 
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Lunar corona seen at 22 h , colours as on margin ; yellow bands 
narrow, but green broad and badly defined. 
Radius of inner red, . . .3° 20' 
outer red, . . .6° 29' 
inner yellow, . . .2° 36' 
outer yellow, . . .5° 22' 
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Red 2 
Yellow 
Green 
Red 1 
Yellow 
White 
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January 8, 1887. — Lunar halo seen at l h . Three measurements 
of radius to inside edge of halo gave 21° 36', 22° O', 20° 5L, 
Double solar corona seen at ll h . 
Radius of inner red, . . . 3° 31' 
„ outer red, . . . 6° 7' 
At same hour glory seen with four rings ; larger than usual, and 
the colours broad and soft-looking. The innermost red was only 
seen occasionally. 
