1840 - 1849

Date & Time
Feature or Location;
Duration
Description
Observer
Reference
1842 Jul 8, 07h02m N/A During solar eclipse, moon's disk occasionally crossed by bright streaks N/A Wullerstorff 1846; Zantedeschi 1846
1843 Jul 4 Peak S of Alps On terminator saw an unusually bright spot that glowed like a fixed star Gerling Gerling 1845; Sirius 1888
1844 Apr 25 SW of Pico A bluish glimmering patch of light, not quite within the night side of the moon J.Schmidt Sel.J. 1878
1847 Mar 18, 19 Dark side Large luminous spots on dark side Rankin, Chevalier Rankin 1847; Houzeau and Lancaster 1964 ed.
1847 Dec 11, 18h00m Teneriffe Mts. A bright spot about 1/4-ang diam of Saturn was perceived which, though it varied in intensity like an intermittent light, was at all times visible (dark side) Hodgson Hodgson 1848
1848 Mar 19 N/A During eclipse rapid changes in .... (wording illegible) Gorjan M.N. 1847-48
1849 Feb 11 Posidonius Without normal shadow J.Schmidt Webb 1962 ed., p.110

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