A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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ppearance; Train, if any,' Length of 

 and its Duration. Path. 



rain 5° or 10' long ; also At least 50' 

 smoke. I 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



train or sparks 



rightest at middle of its 

 path ; grew gradually 

 less. No train or sparks 



^ft a streak for 2 seconds 



ift a streak on its whole 

 course for 2^ seconds 



ightest at the middle of 



its course. Left no 



streak. 



ft a streak on its whole 



course for 2 seconds. 



ft a streak on its whole 

 course. 



2°. 



15° or 20°.. 



(See Appendix II., 7). 



Observer. 



Directed from Algol 



10° 



ft a broad streak on its;5° 



ivhole course. 



't a long bright streak., 



y bright, planetary ap 

 leaiance. 



10° or 12°.. 



ght planetary disk.:20° 

 jeit a train 5° in' 

 sngth. j 



ie-shaped : grew gradu- 8°. 

 llv less. 



Directed from Perseus. 



Downwards, parallel to 

 the Milky Way. 



Fifteen meteors in one 

 hour : clear sky ; no 

 moon ; one observer. 



Meteors with streaks, 

 shooting from the 

 10th of Aug. radiant 

 in Perseus and Cassi- 

 opeia since the 15th, 



Seven meteors in thirty 

 minutes : clear sky ; 

 no moon ; one ob 

 server. 



Slightly upwards, 

 wards ? Aquilae. 

 Downwards to left . 



to 



Downwards, almost at 

 right angles to Milkv 

 Way. 



Downwards, crossing 

 the Milky Way. 



i-h longer than broad, 50° 

 ipering behind to a! 

 lil • Disappeared with- 

 it bursting. Left a 

 rcak for some seconds. 



Directed 

 Cygni. 



towards 



Directed towards /3 



Herculis. 

 Inclined 



y 



A perceptible planetary 



disk. 

 Cloudy on the night of 



the 6th. 



Occurred while record- 

 ing the previous me- 

 teor. 



Two small meteors at 

 lO'' 10™; no others 

 seen for 10 minutes. 



Followed by a smaller 

 meteor from y Del- 

 phini within 15 sees. ; 

 path more horizontal, 

 to left. 



Path intercepted by 

 buildings. 



Seen in full tvrilight. 

 Passed in its transit 

 behind a tree, through 

 the branches of which 

 it shone as brightly 

 as a lantern. 



T.W. Backhouse, 



A. S. Herschel. 

 Id. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 



T. Crumplen. 



Id. 

 Id. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 



Id. 



Communicated 

 byA.S.Herschel 



Communicated 

 by W. 11. Wood, 



