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‘ A GATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 9 
rent size of Jupiter, with a blue tail, fell slowly from the star 6 Tauri 
_ through Bellatrix. 
_ 46. 1848, January 4th, 6°. p.m. Several small falling stars. 
47. February 7th, 11%. A brilliant meteor of a red colour, and about 
_ twice the apparent size of Jupiter, fell from about 2° below that planet. 
48. February 20th, 115 40™. Several falling stars were noticed in Ursa 
- Minor. At 11» 47™ one fell from about 5° above Alderamin, and when it 
crossed a ray of aurora (which passed through this star at the time) it in- 
stantly brightened. The phenomenon of suddenly becoming bright when 
_ erossing auroral beams I have noticed in several former displays, and espe- 
cially when crossing the magnificent auroral arch of 1845, December 3rd. 
This is a fact worthy of particular notice. 
49. April Ist, 11218™. A brilliant blue meteor fell from Jupiter between 
_ Castor and Pollux. 115 19™ 30%. A smaller one fell from Jupiter through 
_ Cor Caroli; several others were noticed. 
50. April 28th, 10" 15". Small falling star fell from the two stars e and 
_ ¢ Aquile to Atair, and moved rather slowly; at 115 50™ another small star 
went on the same track. 
51. April 29th, 92 45™. Meteor from Draco through Rastaban. 9" 55™. 
Small meteor through the Polar star. 10°10™. Small falling star through 
Draco from a Draconis. 
52. April 30th, 112 10™. Falling star fell through Rastaban. 
53. May 2nd, 112 49. A small falling star fell from » Cygni. 
54. May 3rd, 11" 30™. Several falling stars noticed, of small size, prin- 
cipally in Caroli. At 11" one larger than the rest fell from Cor Caroli. 
55. May 5th, 11593". Small falling star fell from y Lyre through 
B Cygni to a Delphini. 
+56. May 7th, 10". Falling star from y Lyre to ¢ Aquila. 10° 40™. 
_ Falling star from 6 Cephei through 6 Cassiopeiz. 
«57. May 23rd, 12" 3™. Small star fell from « Cygni to 80 (71) Cygni; 
_ this moved rapidly and soon disappeared; no trail of light. 
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58. See Durham Advertiser, August 15th, 1847. 
Time of observation, 11 to 115 p.m. Number 30 to40; generally ranging 
__E.N.E. or N.E. to W.S.W. or S.W., having luminous streaks. 
59. From the Bruges Journal, October 11th, 1847, communicated by 
_ Dr. Forster. 
+ Cette nuit, i 7 minutes avant 2 heures, M. Forster étant encore 4 ses 
observations astronomiques, a vu un météore jaunatre qui prit naissance 4 
2° 30! S.S.O. de la planéte Mars et se dirigeant vers le O.N.O. jusqu’a V’hori- 
zon, et laissant aprés lui une longue trainée de lumiére; 1! 40” aprés il vit 
un autre météore tout prés de l’horizon se dirigeant vers la méme direction, 
mais ayant pris naissance au midi, il était d’une clarté bleuatre.” 
60, 61. See Durham Advertiser, November 19th, 1847. 
November 12th and 13th, nights partly cloudy, yet at intervals clear. 
Several meteors between 6 and 7 p.m. on the 12th, but very few afterwards 
or on the 13th; mostly from E. to W. One bright like a star of first mag- 
nitude at 6" 5™ across Pisces. Motion slow with a train from E. to W. 
_ 62. The following is the substance of Mr. Symonds’ verbal statements to 
_ Professor Powell. 
1847. November 19th. 43 a.m. he saw a remarkable meteor of large ap- 
_ parent diameter, passing slowly down from about the zenith, where it was 
first observed, towards the S.W. . 
