A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Vpp;arance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



jeft a short dull train 



The head flaming, with a 

 long sparkling tail. 



Call twenty times longer 

 than the head. Outline 

 of the meteor uncertain 

 and moving, close to the 

 tail. Left a dusk-ashy 

 streak across the sky for 

 some little time. 



Train seen 1 second 



k. brilliant ball of fire, the 

 light of which exceeded 

 that of a full moon. 

 Vanished suddenly. 

 Collapsed like a soap 

 bubble. 



itellar nucleus. No train 

 left. 



left a long thin train. 

 iCft no train 



Length of 

 Path. 



25° to 30°. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Obser\-er. 



T. M. Simkiss. 



Directed from Polaris. ..|No other meteors aboveiCommunicated 

 5th magnitude oh- by T. M. Sim- 



From left to right, about 

 30° from horizontal, 

 downwards. 



served 

 night. 



on the same 



Partially cloudy ; meteor 

 seen this side of the 

 clouds. 



Jurst into a shower of 

 sparks ; left a train. 



left a firm, distinct, un- 

 changing train of mode- 

 rate length. 



ittle or no trains 



ijong feathery train 



liCft a short feathery train 



jjcft a long train. 



S.W. to N.E., or nearly 

 S. to N., with a de- 

 cided dip. 



Horizontal ; left to right 



Horizontal ; left to right 



kiss. 

 H. Holiday. 



W. C. Nash. 



No tail and no train of Communicated 

 sparks that could be byW. E. Hick- 

 observed, but any 

 track it may have left 

 was hidden by trees. 



Full moon, no other 

 meteor iu 30 minutes 



Givuig time for remarks 



A. S. Herschel. 



T. M. Simkiss. 



Id. 



Miss Wilkinson. 



J, Mayfield. 



T. M. Simkiss. 

 T. Lowe. 



T. M. Simkiss. 

 Id. 



