A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 5 7 



Direction or altitude. 



General remarks. 



Place. 



Observer. 



Reference. 



little W. of S., point of ex- 

 plosion about 22^ alt. 



In daylight, sky 

 clear. 



Hartley Rectory, 

 Hants. 



Oxford , 



Rev. J. T. Plum- 



A friend of Mr. 

 G. A. RoweU 



MS. letter to Mrs, 

 BeU. 



Letter from Mr, 

 Rowell. See Ap- 

 pendix, No. 3. 



.y E. J. Lowe, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.G.S. 



am Polaris perpendic. down . 

 hrted on W. edge of Galaxy, 

 falling perpendic. down from 

 '5° below the altitude of Atair. 

 Ill perpendic. down from cen- 

 tre of Ursa Major. 



iarted S. of Galaxy, 15° below 

 lAtair, moved downwards. 



.)wn through the Pleiades .., 

 Iarted at altitude of 80^, fall- 

 ing perpendic. down to with- 

 in 10° of W.S.W. horizon. 



om below Polaris towards the 

 East, downwards at an angle 

 of 50°. 



11 downwards, bursting due 

 S.E. at an altitude of 45°. 



om /3 Andromedae, passing 1° 

 below y Pegasi, vanished in- 

 stantaneously. 



11 down in N.W. from an al- 

 titude of 40°. 



Star-like on the 

 edges, when it 

 passed over half 

 its track, it sud- 

 denly disappear- 

 ed, and almost 

 immediately re- 

 appeared 0^° 

 lower. Thisbreak 

 was devoid of the 

 streak, which re- 

 mained after the 

 meteor had va- 

 nished. 



Obser'', Beeston 

 Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid.. 



Obser'^, Beeston 

 Nottingham Fo- 

 rest. 



Very bright . 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Obser^, Beeston 



Highfield House 



Observatory 

 BulweU 



E. J. Lowe, Esq. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



E. J. Lowe, Esq, 



F. E.Swann,Esq, 



Id. 



An assistant to 

 E. J. Lowe. 



Id. 



E. J. Lowe, Esq. 



G. Allcock, Jun., 

 Esq. 



Mr. Lowe's MS. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. SeeAppendis 



No. 5. 

 Ibid. 



