A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 7 



Direction or Altitude. 



Vom 4.")° above the E. horizon, 

 moved down at an angle 

 of 40°. 



Vom the Dragon's Head, fell 

 down at an angle of 40° to- 

 wards W. 



'ell down from 12° above the 

 horizon in S. by E. 



'rom the direction of Polaris, 

 passing midway between 2 

 and y Leonis, crossing g 

 Leonis, and fading away 

 near 43 Leonis. 



Snow showers . 



Gale. 



Irossed down the tail of the 



Great Bear, 

 n S.W., falling towards W . 



half-way to zenith when first 



seen. 

 'rom 60° altitude W. by N., 



falling down towards W. at 



an angle of 75°. 



ell clown in Leo 



n S., fell down a long distance 

 towards W., and passing 

 through Orion. 



n S 



'rom m Aurigse to Venus, over 

 which planets it crossed, and 

 then immediately vanished 



General remarks. 



Place. 



Observatory, 

 Beeston. 



Six meteors seen . . . 



After the fragments 

 were thrown out. 

 the meteor still 

 moved on of the 

 same size and 

 brightness for a 

 short distance. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



E. Porter 



E. J. Lowe 



Id. 

 Id. 



1 mile W. of 



Beeston. 

 1 mile N.E. of 



Beeston. 



Observatory, 

 Beeston. 



Highfield House 



Similar to the last. 



Increased in size at 

 last. 



Several meteors mo 

 ving very rapidly. 



Observatory, 

 Beeston. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Observer. 



Id 



Miss C. Drege. . . 

 Mrs.E.Felkin... 



Mr. E. Porter 

 (assistant obs.) 



Capt. A. S. H 

 Lowe. 



Miss Lucy White 



Eeference. 



Mr. Lowe's MS. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Hud. 

 Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Mr. E. Porterlbid. 



(assistant obs.); 

 Id 'ibid. 



E. J. Lowe 



from various Observers. 



t started 10° from the zenith, 

 a little west of the Milky 

 Way. 



''ell down N. from about 45° 

 from the horizon ; disappear- 

 ed about 5° from horizon 



Started from a point 10° below 



a Aquike, taking a westerly 



course. 

 Tell perpendicularly from 25° 



above a Virginis to a little 



south of that star. 



It was very light at 

 the time, and the 

 stars in the path 

 of the meteor 

 could not be seen. 



Greenwich 



Blackheath 



Henry C. Cris- 

 wick. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



MS. communica' 

 tion. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



