London, England — 29 March 1845
Orange object, hovering
- At 11 P.M. Mr. Goddart observed an unusual object and reported it to an English journal: “The sky was perfectly clear and the stars sparkled (…) My attention was suddenly diverted by a weak light in the constellation of Canes Venatici, resembling a speck of fog about 4 in magnitude but clearly of a yellow color. I immediately pointed my telescope toward it, which gives small but very clear and bright vision. The meteor appeared as a fog of four stars, with the center of an orange color. From Alpha Can.Ven. it moved slowly towards Coma Berenices, gaining ever more brilliance. It took two minutes before it went out.”
Source: L ‘institutJournal general des societes et travaux scientifiques de la France et de I’etranger. lere section, Sciences mathematlques, physiques et naturelles, vol. 13, no. 590 (Paris, 1845): 148. There is a reference to this observation in Poggendorf’s catalog in Annalen der Physik und Chemle (1854). 430. Case: W383