A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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appearance i Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



No train or sparks 



Bicame extinct at the 

 middle of its course 

 and suddenly rekindled. 



No train or sparks 



No train or sparks 

 Ni 1 train or sparks 



Left a momentary train 

 in tliree-fourths of its 

 course, of ruddy co 

 lour. 



Resembled the meteor of 

 December 5, but not so 

 large. 



No train or sparks 



No train or sparks 

 No train or sparks 

 I No traia or sparks 



Length of 

 Path. 



Vertically down 



Direction ; noting also 



vhether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



On the 4th of February, 

 at 6'' 45™ p.m., zo- 

 diacal light as bright 

 as Via Lactca Sagit- 

 tarii ; ai)ex at tt 

 Arietis ; south edge 

 as sharply defined 

 as an auroral strea- 

 mer ; north edge 

 diffuse. Fluctua- 



tion's in light and 

 tint from atmospheri- 

 cal causes. 



Zodiacal light very 

 bright. Axis from (" 

 Piscium to d Arietis. 



Observer. 



A. S. Herschel. 

 \V. H. Wood. 



From 4'' 20"" to 4'' 40' 

 p.m., a vertical bar 

 through the sun (see 

 fig.). The lower 

 branch projected 



nearly one diameter 

 of the sun in front 

 of a black cloud-bank 

 below the sun. 



Id. 



A. S. HerscheL 



\y. II. Wood. 

 A. S. Ilerschel. 



(d. 



W. II. Wood. 



W. G. Drysdale. 



A. S. Ilerschel. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



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