A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OP LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Left a slight train 



Left no train 



Left no train 8 



Length of 

 Path. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



10° 



The meteor separated into 

 two parts, apparently 

 from the accumulation 

 of matter at the rear of 

 tlie nucleus. 



Train of bright sparks 

 2° or 3° long, Tanish 

 ing at the same time 

 as the head. 



iV sparltling train, about 

 5^ long, vanishing with 

 the head. 



Left no train 



35° or more 



E. to W.; slightly in- 

 clined from horizontal, 



Perpendicular , 



Remarks. 



Faint auroral light 



Inclined downwards to Began as a 5tli raag.« 



left. [ and gradually in- 



i creased in brightness 



[iCft no train 



Left no train 



Very short., 



About 20°... 

 12° 



Observer. 



Ernest Jones. 



Arthur Harding. 



W. C. Nash. 



T. Crumplen. 



7° or 8° 



'V.lmost stationary meteor.. 



Down, a little to tBe 

 right. 



Towards N., near the 

 zenith ; directed from 

 \ Ursae Majoris. 



Inclined ; directed from 

 y Cephei. 



Very rapid motion 



T.W. Backhouse 



[d. 



Thomas Wright. 



From i^ to b^ a.m., on 

 the 2 1st, a superb 

 display of aurora bo- 

 realis between N.E. 

 and N.W. parts of the 

 horizon. 



One meteor in 30 mi- 

 nutes. Clear sky ; 

 crescent moon ; one 

 observer. 



W. C. Nash. 



VV. C. Nash and 

 Ernest Jones. 



W. H. Wood. 



A. S. Ilerschel. 



