A CATALOGUE OF OnSERVATIOXS OF LUMIXOUS METEORS. 



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ppearancc ; Train, if any, 

 aud its Duration. 



Length of 

 Path. 



eft a train of 15°; half a 

 second, fading from the 

 ends to the centre. 



train or sparks 



o train or sparks 



eft a streak for 2 seconds 

 train or sparks 



Direction; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Fell perpendicularly 



Observer. 



W. II. M-ood. 



Directed from Polaris . 



Train vivid blue; more 

 intense as it faded 

 away. 



eft a streak for 2 seconds 



eft a streak for C seconds, 

 where it disappeared' 

 with a flash. 



eft a streak for 1 second 



eft a streak for half a 

 second. 



idistinct nucleus, sur- 

 rounded by red sparks ; 

 died out gradually. 

 2ft a streak for 2 seconds 



ttle or no tiain, but 

 pear - shaped (being 

 larger than ? ), and 

 sparkling at its narrow 

 end when it changed 

 colour. 



10° or 15°. 



Radiant, /3 Aurigrc 



A bright meteor. Ra- 

 diant, Polaris. 



Radiant, /3 Auriga; 

 Radiant, v Orionis 



Radiant, /3 Aurigaj 

 Radiant, /3 Auriga; 



Radiant, in the W. 



Radiant, /3 Aurigae , 



Very ill seen, by oblique 

 vision oulv. 



W. to E. 



Path a little curved ; 

 couve.x, I believe, to 

 Polaris. 



Very ill seen 



A superb eifect, causing 

 nie to turn right roiim! 

 from eyepiece of tele- 

 scope. 



Arthur Harding. 

 W. H. Wood. 



T. Crumplen. 



A. S. Herschel. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



Id. 



T. W. Webb. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 



