A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OP LUMINOUS METEORS. S 



of Luminous Meteors, 



Direction or altitude. 



General remarks. 



Place. 



Observer. 



Reference. 



reetion N. by E. 

 altitude about 50°. 



)ved in a nearly horizontal 

 direction at an elevation of 

 ibout 50°, first appearing at 

 !i Uttle S. of E. 



GreatestApparent motion, 

 as seen from Gi. 

 braltar House, 

 vertically up- 

 wards. As seen 

 by Dr. Myrtle, 

 from a point near 

 Hope Park Cha- 

 pel, almost per 

 pendicularly 

 downwards from 

 N. to S. 



Gibraltar House, 

 near Edin- 

 burgh. 



David Rankine 

 and Mrs. D. 

 Rankine. 



MS. comm. See 

 Appendix No. 1 



Dresden. (Ob 

 served at the 

 north end of 

 the old bridge 

 over the Elbe.) 



J. W. 

 Ph.D. 



Mallet, 



MS. comm. 



Luminous Meteors from the Report of 1851-52. 



bra direction of Polaris, start- 

 ing at;(;Bootis, passing across 

 ■y and ( Bootis. 



bra 1° above (p Andromeda, 

 passing across ;^ Andromeda 

 to near 78 Pegasi. 



I;teor from star marked H 19 

 Camelopardalis, on Bardin's 

 globe, to near Polaris. 



l)m near ^ to ji Ursaa Majoris 

 bm Polaris perp. to point 3° 



ibove horizon. 

 l)m 2^° above Polaris towards 



W. point of horizon. 

 I))m ^ Cephei to near y Ursae 



Minoris. 

 I)ra midway between a. and /3 



Ursse Majoris to point 4° be. 



low n of same constellation, 

 ibm S Bootis to near Arcturus 

 bm I Ursac Majoris to near 



Arcturus. 



bm near i Ursae Majoris to- 

 wards Arcturus 8°. 

 bra X Lyra; to J distance to 



Gemma Coronas Borealis. 

 ifcm Deneb. to between X and 



u Lyrae. 



bm 4° below Polaris to i Ursae 

 Majoris. 

 hm /3 Cassiopeiae to ? Cygni.. 



Greenwich mean 

 time is given. 



Blackpool 



Ibid 



Castle Doning 

 ton, Lat. 52' 

 51' 23"-75 N., 

 Long.l°18'42" 

 W. 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid., 

 Ibid., 

 Ibid.. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid., 



Ibid., 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



E. J. Lowe 

 Id 



Mr. W. H.Leeson 



Id. 

 Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 



Mr. Lowe's MS. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



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