= Capella... Rigel......... 2 seconds...... Appeared very nea Rigel; disappeare near y Eridani. Capella............ Reddishyellow 1 second...... Appeared very nea Rigel. 3rd mag.*...... Smoky blue... Rapid; sec. Appeared near Pro 23 9 14 p.m. Ibid. 23 9 21 p.m. Ibid. = 3rd mag.*...... Smoky blue... Slow; 1 sec. conis to s Dra conis. second...... From (3,2) Tri anguli toward → Piscium. Smoky blue... Fast; sec.... Appeared midway K and Dra conis; disap peared near 2 Draconis. 24 9 28 p.m. Ibid. 24 9 28 p.m. Ibid. 3rd mag.* sec.... Same track as last. sec.... siopeiæ. Disappeared 2° below a lin joining and Virginis. Appeared at wes foot of Urs Major. From Ursæ Ma joris to a Draconis Centre 2° belov and 8° E. of Persei. ...1° S. of Dra conis to 1° S. c ... Draconis, an two-thirds as fa again. From(x, y) Cas siopeia. Centre 1° preced ing Persei. Tolerably large; White light... 2 seconds ... From 2° preced =3rd mag.* ing Cephei to (e, k) Cassiopeiæ; 1° neare to the latter. From 1 behind (B,) Cassiopeia to 1° preceding Cassiopeiæ. From(and к) Ursa Majoris. Very slow mo- From beneath the Whitish second ...... tion. moon. ... From 2° above the belt of Orion to about 15° above Sirius. No track left; sparkled; 11° bent downwards, and slower at last. No track left A train of golden sparks. pursued the nucleus. Small balls like stars kept. falling from it in a track like fire. Small train and sparks accompanied the head. To left; 20° from hori- Fine passing clouds...... A. S. Herschel. zontal; down. Feb. 2 8 20 p.m. Tarporley, Che-Lighted sky and White; after 6 seconds...... From nearly S.; shire. landscape like a bursting flash of light purple wrap ning. ped in white, then red. a little E. of Pleiades to nea Gemini. 2 9 15 p.m. Birkenhead (Sea- Twice as bright as White ......... combe). 210 23 p.m. Ibid. 210 25 p.m. Ibid. Venus. 2 seconds...... From a to Dra Capella............... Pale blue ...... |