A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Slightly pear-shaped; di- 

 minished to a red spark 

 Left no train. 



Resembled the meteor of 

 December 5, but not so 

 large. 



*Io train or sparks 



jeft a ruddy train for 1 

 second, 10° in length. 



^0 train or sparks 



I 



j*{o train or sparks 



Length of 

 Path. 



30° 



6°. 



Horizon. 



Exploded and turned 

 round, with subdued 

 light, as if to revolve 



\. round d Ursae Majoris. 



1864, 



Direction ; noting also 



■whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



To left from perpen- 

 dicular. 

 Perpendicularly down. . . 



Cloudy ; full moon , 



Clear sky , 



Vertically down 



Fell vertically , 



One or two degrees from 

 perpendicular. Towards 

 the right, down. 



Remarks. 



Zodiacal light in the W. 

 since the 1st of Jan. 



Nothing but a pale halo 

 could be seen at the 

 place of Sirius. 



An uncommon appear- 

 ance. 



Observer. 



H. Hussey. 



A. S. Herschel. 



Id. 



W. G. Drysdale. 



A. S. Herschel. 



W. H. Wood. 

 Id. 



Id. 



A. S. Herschel. 



Id. 



F. C. Penrose ; 

 communicated 

 by J. N. Lock- 

 yer. 



Communicated 

 by T. Crnmp- 

 len. 



