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and mean places ofa,b,c 
nomelria Nova. 
for 184 0, from Stars of Comparison, 
Mean places for 
1840 of C. 
Place of Observation. 
RA. Deck 
L. from G. 
Lat. 
tfoo 
44 45 
*38 30 
313 2 
118 35 
333 21 
137 00 
171 0O 
MS 15 
MS 50 
350 0(1 
170 00 
J59 OO 
118 00 
143 40 
28 00 
313 40 
184 00 
*>5 00 
30s 00 
325 30 
204 40 
100 00 
3 00 
30 00 
313 00 
£>8 20 
344 45 
65 
38 
ra 
-2 
s 
56 
52 
6 
-2 
56 
2 
00 
-2 
56 
- 5 
20 
-2 
56 
-12 
5 
—2 
56 
- 2 
11 
-2 
56 
18 
45 
-2 
56 
85 
15 
-2 
56 
9 
42 
-.2 
56 
18 
00 
-2 
56 
28 
30 
-2 
56 
38 
Oft 
-2 
56 
13 
30 
-2 
56 
59 
30 
-2 
56 
56 
20 
-2 
56 
46 
00 
-2 
56 
-7 
29 
-2 
56 
67 
4 
-2 
56 
87 
20 
-2 
56 
28 
00 
-2 
56 
2 
5 
-2 
56 
13 
20 
-2 
56 
40 
00 
-2 
56 
10 
00 
-2 
56 
23 
45 
-2 
56 
36 
30 
-2 
56 
2 
50 
-2 
56 
44 
00 
-2 
56 
(blue) 
+50 OO OO 
+50 OO 00 
+50 OO OO 
+50 CO 00 
+50 OO 00 
+50 OO 00 
+50 OO 00 
+50 OO 00 
+50 OO 00 
+50 00 OO 
+50 OO 00 
+50 00 00 
+50 00 00 
+50 OO 00 
+50 OO 00 
+50 59 46 
+50 59 46 
+50 59 46 
+50 59 46 
+50 59 46 
+50 59 46 
+50 59 46 
+50 59 46 
+50 59 46 
+50 59 46 
+50 59 46 
+50 59 46 
+50 59 46 
Train or sparks. Remarks. 
Train of light. 
Train of light. 
Train. 
Train. 
Motion very swift, described a very large arc. 
]) shining. 
Cloudy on the 4th, 5tli, Gth, 7th. 
No meteor seen between H h and 12 h . 
Number 210 appeared blue, and disappeared 
red, thus— 
(red) 
fe f °™*, had its a P ex ne ar the planet Saturn, and was inclined to the 
talk- Jr a* a ^ 0ut same angle as the equinoctial , in this respect being o- 
*istL» k fent frora the zodiacal light. That the phenomenon was of a per- 
ob tuini .H harac ! er ' at least for six days, appears pretty evident from m y havl “f 
U ned another view of it, though not under such favourable circumstances, 
iu W evemn g the 18th, at the same hour, 7 p.m. On the last occasion, 
very Hi" ^t'on was concealed bv mist, but the light above the mist w 
Via 1 J 8 ® crn,w «» and the dark space of sky between the faint light and the 
PMillri! e ?i V< T y d “ lin ct. The edee was' decidedly rectilinear, and almost 
and v pj't ’.the equinoctial, as determined by comparison with the stars a 
r l' • t ilTld tllf» fi hnv vfr.nrl.nl hnvAtlfl till* nlrinCt SstUFlK 
Argelander’s Uranomctria Nova. 
