A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance; Train, if any, Length of 



and its Duration. 



Path. 



Left a fine yellow train for 20° 

 3 seconds. , 



Increased in brightness 

 from first to last ; 

 disappeared suddenly. 

 Had a bright sparkling 

 train, and left a lumi- 

 nous streak from R. A. 

 3" 2"' S., Decl. 11°,! 

 to R. A. 2'' 45", S.| 

 Decl. 14°, for a third 

 part of a minute, at 

 least, if not longer, 



j though very faint. 



■Left a train for 10 seconds 



^Tanished rather gradually 



'Left no train 



Left no train 



20° 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Sky cloudless 



Observer. 



Thomas Wright. 



T.W. Backhouse, 



Nearly perpendicular ... 



M 





Fell vertically down 

 [ncliued 



This was a remarkable 

 shooting - star. Its 

 appearance is repre- 

 sented very nearly in 

 the sketch. It showed 

 three distinct stages : 

 the central part dis- 

 appeared first, then 

 the head ; and the 

 train, in the shape 1 

 have represented, 

 brightened up. 



S. H. Miller. 



Perpendicular . 



Four small meteors seen 

 in 20 minutes. Sky 

 bright and clear ; no 

 moon ; one observer, 

 On the nights of the 

 9th and 10th the sky 

 was overcast. 



T.W. Backhouse, 

 Thomas Wright. 



A. S. llerschel. 



Thomas Wright. 



