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A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 
Description. Place. Observer. Reference. 



...(Brightness = , Andromede,|Grantham ...|J. W. Jeans, Esq.|Communicated by 
with slight train; moved Mr. Lowe. 
about 8° in 1 sec. ; parallel 
to a line joining 6 with pw 
Andromede ; disappeared 
very close to, and N. of 6 
Andromeda, at 20" 17™ 8°-08 
sidereal time, or 102 47™ 58° 
Grantham mean time, taken 
from culminating of a? Ca- 
pricorni. ‘ 
-/108 40", Bright, with train; Gosport 
passed over the square of 
_ Pegasus. . , 
Three small, between 9% & 114.!Tpid........... De rs secigee Saeteee Ibid. 
10°10™.= h ; red; tail; rapid ;|Highfield Ho.,|A- S. H. Lowe, |Ibid. 
from y Draconis to « Urs.| Nottingham. Esq: 
Maj. 
108 37™. = 2nd mag.; from/Oxford..,....:.|Prof. Powell. 
Draco to a little above Cor. 
Borealis. 
108 37".=2X 1st mag.; red ;|Highfield Ho., E. J. Lowe, Esq./Ibid. 
train of sparks; slow ; from H Nottingham. 
27 Ophiuchi to 52 Serpentis ; 
train lasted 2 secs. after dis- 

H. Burney, Esq..|Tbid: 
appearance. 
10 45™. Small, with tail ; rapid ;\Ibid............. Id. si cnssers.----(Lbid. 
from Vega to W. Herculis. 
10® 55".=2nd mag.; rapid ;|[bid............. IG Leereemeer = «.---{Lbid. 
from « Aquilz to y Antinoi. 
108 55". About ten falling) |Ibid...... Se wiats Id. ...esseeesee08-[ bid. 
Stars, exceedingly dimi- 
nutive, but very brilliant 
for their size, which was 
scarcely =6th mag. This 
gave the impression of | 
their being fine meteors, 
but at a very great 
height. 
One passed near Polaris, 
another in the Great Pifbid......e (Td. eet cse Ibid 
Bear, and one in the 
Little Bear. All towards 
the W. 
Several in Pegasus, Serpens, 
Ophiuchus, and Hercu- 
lis ; moved towards the S. 
Probably they all moved 
S.W. if they could ive | 
been seen without the 
effect of perspective. 
10 28",=2nd mag.; orange-|Ibids..s.........[[d. ss.seeeuseeeeee/MSi 
red, with streamers; rather 
rapid; from 7 to o Aquile. 
10" 28™. Small; yellow, with|Ibid.............{[d. ..ssssseeeeee-{Lbid. 
streamers; rapid; from p 
Delphini to 7 Aquile. 
ee tS <6 pe 3. Miwe = 
23 beeaee 
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