A CATALOGUE OP OBSERVATIONS OP LUMINOUS METEORS. 29 



Direction or altitude. 



om 15' N. of Capella through 

 & Aurigae. 



General remarks. 



)m slightly S. of Polaris per 

 l^pendic. down. 

 "J rough Vega towards ft Her- 



culis. 

 Ii-pendic. down from 1° W. of 



Polaris. 

 Trough Vega towards it Her- 



3ulis. 



I)m y through S Aquilse 



l)m y Cygni towards ^ Cygni. 

 trpendic. down from 1° N. of 



V Delphini. 



trpendic. down through apass 



' lug W. of X Cygui. 



5)m X to r Cassiopeise 

 )m « through 25 Pegasi 



l)m a through ft Aquilas 



bm 1° W. of a, Delphini near- 

 " ;.y perpendic. down incMnin? 



Jsv. 



:ne path as the last meteor 

 |>m Vega through x Lyrae . 



^ne path as last meteor 



■Rght flash in E. under clouds, 

 ' Probably a meteor, 

 [rpendicular down inclining 

 : KV.j and passing 2° N. of C 



All meteors diver 

 ged from a point 



situated near /3 Cas 

 siopeiae. Those 

 meteors near Cas 

 siopeia much 

 shorter tracts 

 All fell down ex- 

 cept near Cassio- 

 peia, where some 

 were horizontal. 

 From W. of Del 

 phinus they in- 

 clined W., and 

 from S. of Del 

 phinus inclined 

 to S. The me- 

 teors not sobright 

 as usual. Many 

 spurts of light, 

 probably very di 

 stant meteoi's. 



Place. 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 



Much cloud, being 

 nearly overcast 

 until 10'', and 

 quite overcast 

 after IS" 45"". 



Most meteors gave 

 point of diver- 

 gence near jS 

 Cassiopeise, yet 

 several showed 

 another point 

 near Polaris. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 

 Ibid., 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid., 

 Ibid., 



Ibid., 



Ibid., 

 Ibid., 

 Ibid., 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid., 

 Ibid., 



Ibid., 



Observer. 



E. J. Lowe, Esq, 



Reference. 



Mr. Lowe's MS. 



Id. 



Id. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid- 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



