A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 39 



Appearance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Left no train 



Prom below Ursa Major 

 to above Orion. Passeri 

 high above the Needles. 



No train or sparks 



Brushy appearance 



Brightest at last . 



Length of 

 Path. 



100°. 



3°. 



4°. 



3°. 



Direction ; noting also 



■whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicnlar, or 



Inclined. 



E.S.E. to W.N.W., as- 

 cending. 



Towards x Ursae Majoris 



Small in half of its course 



Brightest at first, gradu- 

 ally decreasing. 



faint streak. 



Towards tt Cygni 

 Towards ? Cygni 



25° 



50° or 55°.. 



Pear-shaped, leaving a long 

 faint train for half a 

 second. 



Brightest at middle of its 

 course, and deflected 20" 

 or 30°. 



25° 



10° 



Brushy appearance 



Remarks. 



Seen by several persons 



Threw a strong light 

 Surrounded by sparks 



Observer. 



Directed from e Virginis 

 Directed from y Virginis 



Directed from e Virginis 

 Direction N 



Directed from >j Virginis 

 Quite crooked 



Corresponds to the fol 

 lowing. 



T. Slater. 



A. P. Falconer. 



A. S. Herschel. 

 Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



W. H. Wood. 

 A. S. Herschel. 

 Id. 



T. Crumplen. 



W. C. Nash, C. 

 Jones, C. P. 

 Trapaud. 



Disappeared without 

 change. Train visible 

 in moonlight. 



Directed from K Virginis 



A. S. Herschel. 



Id. 



Id. 



