A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 53 



Appearance ; Train, if any 

 and its Duration. 



No train or sparks 



No train or sparks , 



A bright white oval 

 ball, much larger than 

 Jupiter, which sepa 

 rated into two flam 

 beaux of red and blue. 

 Both suddenly va 

 nislied, one a little 

 before the other. 



The disk was small but 

 very brilliant, and va- 

 nished suddenly in mid- 



Length of 

 Path. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



From S. to N., 

 inclination 

 the earth. 



with an 

 towards 



Almost perpendicular ; 

 thus — 



Began as a first magni-j25° .... 



tude star. Disappear-I 



ed when two or three; 



times the brightness of| 



Venus. 

 Left a train 



Star-like. DisappearedjAlmost sta- 



Remarks. 



Attracted much atten- 

 tion about Wrotham 

 from its brilliancy. 



Communicated 

 by A. S. Her- 

 schel. 



Id. 



W. Nunn. 



S.E. toN.W 



suddenly at brightest. 



Increased until disappear- 

 ance. 



No train or sparks 



No train or sparks 



No train or sparks 

 Left a faint train 



tiouary. 



On a line from B Came- 

 lopardi to a, Pegasi. 



Fell slightly south-east- 

 wards. 



Directed from a Cygni. 



Observer. 



W. E. Hickson. 



Centre of the visible 

 path 40° E. for N., 

 altitude 20°. 



15° 



\ 



G. Chapelas, and 

 Coulvier- 

 Gravier. 



Communicated 

 by A. S. Her. 

 schel. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



W. 0. Nash. 



