A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 
;pearance; Train, if any,| Length of 
and its Duration. 
263 
Direction; noting also 
whether Horizontal, 
Perpendicular, or 
Inclined. 
Path. Observer. 
ed ee 
rite straight tail for Lae eeeeeeens Directed from a Andro- SOO e eee oererererersennceres A. Ss. Herschel. 
15 second. 
ightest at first appear- 
nce. 
all at last, and red; 
no 
o tail or sparks; 
ain left. 
light at reappearance/15° 
vas less bright than at 
rst. 
light was brighter 
first than at last. 
tail was obseryed, nor 
rks, probably on ac- 
junt of sunlight. 
=. 
& 
Be 
1 about mid-heayens 
took its course in a 
erly direction. 
medz. 
Id. 
Peele eee eee ee eee POPE R ROR e eee ee SOCPOR OOOH erodes eeeeeeerenes Id. 
"eeaence Be «.--|Directed from 4 Cygni..|...corsesecsccssesessceseeeses (Id 
Ser mercer LoviZzontal” sscsceseun eons OW IN See Sosccwceahs Dd. 
a 
mt SOpeee The last 5° were. de-|,,...,ccocscassssssaseeesnanes|Ztle 
flected upwards a few 
degrees. 
7° or 8° .,,|Directed from ¢ Cygni..|.....,...scccocceresessseeeees{Lde 
aie POR Lae ee. pamnseaebnathshtesl wingh ocnasoassecanevunede cle 
Pee eran tt eeeee eeeete . eene oo Id, 
Beat ehetsiosnesiscaUisesscpbann secscscseseeees| LOW I N.We coscee Id. 
eee Peewee ee wee tee OREO eee POP e eee eeeee FOP OREO Hee e eee eee eeeEe Td. 
Ph os toa ,eeeeee|Apparently the same/See preceding Report;/W. H. Wood. 
path as that of July} (Catalogue). 
19, 1862, 115 ]7™ 
p-m. 
PRs: fe The streak remained/Seen in the early part of|Correspondent to 
as a flash of fire| the evening, when in| ‘ Hereford 
for 30 seconds, and| reality it was quite| Journal.’ 
as a straight bluish 
day; only Venus and 
cloud for 5 minutes. 
the new moon could 
In 23 minutes it} be discerned in the 
changed its figure! sky. 
from a direct line and 
disappeared, fading 
equally all over. 
