A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OP LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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ppearance ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Length of 

 Patii. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



strain or sparks Short path.. 'Radiant T, in Pisces 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



.A. S. Herschel. 



) train or sparks I ' Id. 



ke a ball of fire, after- 

 wards breaking up in a 

 beautiful manner, and 

 leaving large sparks in 

 its train till it appeared 



! to burn itself out. 



Inf train, many sparks, 



tabular; threw off a 

 luiuber of red and 

 )iange sparks. Train 

 Token into sparks; en- 

 lured 1 second. 



Curved. 



15° or 16° 



A crackling noise, re- ' The Times.' 



seinbling that of al 



rocket in tiie air,J 

 , could be distinctly 



heard. | 



Path not very accurately Thomas Wright, 

 observed. 



;^ot seen quite at com- T. Crumplen. 

 mencemenr. PatiiJ 

 well observed; nu-| 

 cleus burst into frag-' 

 mcnts ; no noise 

 lieard. 



.Uany shooting-slars in Communicated 

 a few minutes. by R. P. Cte". 



I South, 



f a streak on its whole 



'nurse for 10 seconds, 



•hich faded from the 



nds towards the centre. 



B;htness gradually in- 



reased, and disappeared 



t maximum brightness. 



Strain or sparks 



H train or sparks 



Radiant, /J Aurigae ' A. S. Herschel. 



Radiant.V,in C.issiopeia • id. 



From Radiant Up in Pe- 

 gasus. 



Id. 

 'id. 



