A CATALOGUE OF OBSEKVATTONS OF LUMINOtJS METEORS. 



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Appearance ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Length of 

 Path. 



No train or sparks 

 No train or sparks 



No train or sparks 



Left a streak for 1 second 

 No train or sparks 



Gradually relaxed its 

 speed, and changed 

 its appearance ; like 

 a substance burning 

 out. 



No train or sparks 



Left no train 



Left a bright train 3° in 

 length. 



Left no train 



15° 



8°..., 



15= 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



E. to \V. ; inclined . 



Remarks. 



Four meteors counted 

 in 35 minutes. Clear 

 sky ; half moon ; one 

 observer. 



Although the full moon 

 ■was shining brightly, 

 the meteor was stili 

 extremelv brilliant. 



Inclined' at au angle of Line of flight nearly pa- 

 45°. idllel to line of Orion's 



/ 



Inclined downwards 

 slightly to left. 



45° 

 the 



At an angle of 

 downwards to 

 left. 



Slightly inclined from 

 horizontal. Line 



joining Cor Caroli 

 and t} Ursaj Ma- 

 joris, parallel to 

 track of meteor. 



Inclined to the left, to- 

 wards 7} Cassiopeiae. 



belt. 



During the hour from 

 8 to 9 o'clock p.m., 

 Feb. 7th, bright au 

 rora. 



Five meteors in 30 mi- 

 nutes. Clear sky ; 

 no moon ; one ob- 

 server. 



Observer. 



A. S. Ilerschel. 



Id. 



Illustrated Mel 

 bourne Post,' 

 Feb. 23rd. 



A. S. Herschel. 



Id. 

 Id. 

 W. C. Nash. 



W. H. Wood. 



A. S. Herschel. 



T. Crumplen. 

 T.W. Backhouse 

 Thomas Wright. 



T. Crumplen. 



F. P. Trapaud. 



