A CATALOGXJE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LTTMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Length of 

 Path. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Left a red train for two 

 seconds 5° in length. 



[jeft a train for 2 seconds 

 upon half of its course. 



Left a bright train for 3 

 seconds on four-fifths of 

 its course. 



jjeft a bright train for 2^ 

 seconds 10° in length. 



jeft a red train for 2 

 seconds 4° in length. 



j'fo train or sparks 



Remarks. 



Obseryer. 



Corresponds to Euston 

 Road Observatory, 

 2'>48"'a.ra. (See Ap 

 pendix I.) 



Corresponds to Euston 

 Road Observatory, 2'' 

 53"" a.m. (See Ap- 

 pendix I.) 



The brightest train seen. 

 Crossed i Orionis. 



Very few meteors 



jeft a train for 1 second.. 



Left a train for 2 seconds 

 Jo train or sparks 



Left a bluish train for 3| 

 seconds. 



left trains throughout 

 their course. 



35° 



50° to 70°. 



Perfectly parallel from 

 E.to W. ;not 10° de- 

 viation. 



2ft a train . 

 5ft a train 



15° or 20°. 



5°. 



Bright aurora from 7'' 

 30" to 8^ 30" p.m. 



Very few shooting-stars. 

 About 10 in the hour. 



W. H. Wood. 



A. S. Herschel 

 andW.J.H. 



Id. 



T. Crumplen and 



J. Parkin. 

 W. H. Wood. 



A fine shooting-star .. 



Blue with red tail ( after- 

 wards overcast. 



About 30 meteors in 



half an hour. 

 About 60 meteors in 



one hour. 



Inclining downwards 

 from W. to N. 



Directed from t Cygni.. 



Rapid decrease in fre 

 quency. 



Sky thick ; moon only 

 visible. 



E.J. Lowe. 



W. H. Wood. 



T. M. Simkiss. 



A. S. Herschel 

 andH.T. H. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



T. M. Simkiss. 

 Id. 



Id. 



F. Hewlett. 



A. Brothers. 



R. P. Greg, 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



