A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OP LUMINOUS METEOHS. if 



Direction or Altitude. 



General remarks. 



Place. 



Observer. 



Reference. 



rrom midway between * and Arc 10^ iHighfield House E. J. Lowe 



y Ursae Majoris ; fell down 



at an anj-le of •15'^ towards 



the N. horizon (from direc- 

 tion of Perseus). 

 rom just above a. Ursa; Ma-!Arc5^ (ibid Id. 



joris down towards N. (fronil I 



direction of Perseus). 

 )ownwards in S.W., and cross- Arc 18° Ibid 'id. 



ing f Coronre Borealis. I 



rossing Arcturus, and fallingArc 15° llbid .Id. 



downwards (from direction! 



of Perseus), 

 town in N. below Polaris (from Arc 5°. (From Ibid Id, 



direction of Perseus). | 11. 10p.m. cloudy| 



night.) 

 hot out from behind ihe clouds Roval Observa-.W. C. Nash. 



MS. communica- 

 tion. 



Ibid. 



in a N.W. direction across 

 Delphinus. 



rom Cassiopeia to J Ursa; Ma- 

 joris. 



rom 7 Dracoiiis to within 

 about 10° of Arcturus. I 



rom a Cygni to Cepheus 'a very fine night.. 



Thin clouds. 



Royal Observa-,W. C 



tory, Grcen-j 



wich. 

 Ibid J. Howe 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



rom Delphinus to « Pegasi ...].. 

 -om N.E. to S.W. at an eleva- A 

 tion SO'' above the horizon. 

 The apparent distance 

 travelled by the meteor was 

 fully one-third of the chord 

 of the celestial arc, occupy- 

 ing while visible the cenlr'ql 

 part thereof. 



ill from a Lyrae towards the E. 



clearly defined 

 streak of yel- 

 lowish-red light 

 was left behind, 

 visible for about 

 4 minutes. Se- 

 veral meteors 

 were seen on this 

 evening;. 



Greenwich J. Mac Donald... 1 1 bid. 



Royal Observa- J. Howe [Ibid. 



tory, Green-j 



wicli.' 



Ibid lid Ibid. 



.Midway between !H. Vignoles ... ibid. 



Bilbao and the 



mouth of the 



river about 5 



miles from the 



sea. 



Cranford 



fearly in zenith ; trail re- 

 imained visible for 10 seconds 

 ;to the W. of « I.yra. 

 om the neighbourhood oflClear 

 Ursa Minor, in the direction 

 of Arcturus for about 15°. 

 'intre of track E.S.E. from 3'= 

 below « Pegasi to a Aquarii. 



tntre of track E.S.E., in a 

 direction parallel to N. 3°. 



m Cassiopeia towards a. 

 Pegasi. I 



Ibid. 



Greenwich 



Cranford 



Ibid. 



\V. De la Rue , 



Id. 



J. Mac Donald.., 



VV. De la Rue ... 



Id. 



Greenwich !j. MacDonald. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



