94 REPORT — 1864. 



The following are Mr. Lowe's observations at Beeston Observatory, 1864, 

 August 9th, P.M. : — 



1st. Number of meteors, & 50"" p.m. to lO*" p.m. = 5 



„ 10-^ „ 11'' „ =18 



„ ll'' „ 12- » =33 



„ 12" „ 1" A.M. = 22 



I'' A.M. to 2^ „ = 27 



2nd. Magnitude of meteors : — Above 1st mag.* ^ 



Equal 1st mag.* = 12 

 „ 2nd mag.* = 25 

 „ 3rd mag.* =19 

 „ „ 4th & 5th mag.* = 49 



3rd. Colours of meteors : — Colouiiess = 14 



Blue = 2 





» » 



Red = 9 



„ „ Orange-red = 11 



„ „ Orange = 4 



Yellow = 25 



4th. Length of path of meteors:- — Under 5° in length = 22 



5° to 10° „ = 5 

 „ „ 10° to 20° „ = 15 



20° to 40° „ =9 

 5th. Peculiar features : — No very large or bright meteors, 2nd magnitude 

 prevailing until midnight, then 4th and 5th magnitude stars, apparently more 

 dist9,nt than at lO** p.m. 



Majority very similar in appearance. 

 Much fewer blue than usual. 



Point of divergence about H 115 Persei. Very few discordant. 

 The paths of meteors in Perseus very short ; those in Ursa Minor and Ursa 

 Major very long. 



Mostly veiy rapid, and about equal in speed. 

 The point of divergence lower and more northerly than last year. 

 On the 9th, at Weston-super-Mare, 8 meteors brighter than 3rd magni- 

 tude stars were seen from lO** 30" p.m. to ll"* p.m., by Mr. W. H. Wood. 



Between 10" p.m. on the 9th and 0" 30"" a.m. on the 10th, at Greenwich 

 Observatory, Mr. W. C. Nash saw 1 meteor equal to Venus and 20 meteors 

 greater than 2nd magnitude stars. 



On the 10th, from 3" a.m. to 3" 40"" a.m., at Vogogna in Italy, Mr. A. S. 

 Herschel observed 40 meteors, of which 3 equal Sirius and 6 equal 1st mag- 

 nitude star. 



Among 105 meteors observed on this night by Mr. Lowe, 51 left trains ; 

 5 meteors with trains were observed by Mr. Wood, 23 by Mr. Nash, and 12 

 by Mr. Herschel. The whole, being drawn on a map, present an ill-defined 

 radiant-point near the head of Perseus. 



From 10" p.m. on the 10th to 2" a.m. on the morning of the 11th, meteors 

 were observed at Hawkhurst to radiate from Perseus and from other coex- 

 isting radiant-points. 



Radiant-points of meteors. 



Prom a point between a and y Persei = 48 meteors. 



„ Polaris . . . . = 12 ,, 



„ Pegasus . . . . = 7 ,, 



„ Undetermined radiants . = 11 „ 



Total 78 ,, 



