A CATALOGUE OF OBSE11VATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



Appearance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



■V telescopic meteor with 

 a lunula. 



jeft a long broad spark- 

 ling train for 5 seconds 



^eft a patch of light of its 

 own size at the place for 

 2 seconds. 



lurst. Left a train which 

 lasted a minute. 



'ollowed hy a tail of light 

 20° in length. 



Length of 

 Path. 



luminated the whole 

 district with its lip-lit. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



Fell in a curve with one 

 or two bends. 



Stationary 



" Meteors in great num- 

 bers were seen darting 

 about in all direc- 

 tions." 



In one hour fifteen fall 

 ing stars. 



Flexure not great, but 

 certainly not straight. 



W. Herschel 

 (Journal of 

 Observations). 



J. C. Ross, 

 ' Voyage to 

 the Southern 

 Seas.' 



Id. 



J.F.W.IIerschcl, 

 MS. 



Fell in the N.N.E. 



hi. 



1.1. 



Hundreds of meteorsisherard Osborne 



overhead shooting 

 from N.E. to W, 



Crossing the beams of 

 an aurora. 



S. to N. ; horizontal 



(Japanese 

 Waters). 



C. F. Hall. 



Fine starlight night, no H. W. Johnston. 

 wind. 



