A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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ppearance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



J train or sparks 

 a train or sparks 



I train or sparks 



> train 



train or sparks 



Length of 

 Path. 



Direction; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



8° Perpendicular W. C. Nash 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



From Radiant R^, in Tlic previous night over- A. S. Ilerschel 



1 Musca. cast. 



From Radiant R, in An- In tliirty minutes two Id. 



I dromeda. meteors : clear sky ;' 



I moon I full. 



8° Sliglitly inclined from 



i horizontal. ; 



ini train 'lJ>° 'Perpendicular, 



VV. C. Nash. 

 Arthur Hardinir. 



. W. H. Wood. 



[d. 



W. C. Nash. 



I train or sparks ilO° 



Ift a streak on its whole 

 •ourse for 2 seconds. 



I' lowed by a very di 

 •tinct train of light, 

 vhich remained visible 

 mtil the meteor disap- 

 leared. 



10° Horizontal 



Curved slightly The time is correct to 



one or two minutes. 



Directed from ^ Aquilse In one hour and thirtyjA. S. Herschel, 

 minutes, sixteen me- 

 teors : sky generally 

 clear ; one observer. 



fn the next 30 minutes. Id- 

 four meteors : clear 

 sky ; one observer. 



No stars visible in the Arthur Harding, 

 track of the meteoi'. 



Inclined i lid. 



Four meteors in forty. A. S. Herschel. 

 five minutes ; clear 

 sky ; one observer. 



Radiant (i/Orionis). 



Id. 



Id. 



70° or 80°..;E. to W., following D. A. Freeman, 



nearly the line of the ; Ast. Reg,, Dec, 



equator. 



18C5. 



W. II. Wood. 



