A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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\ppearance ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Length of 

 Path. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Conical figure. Increased 

 in size until it hurst 

 with a shower of sparks 

 like a rocket. 



Left a train the same 

 length as the path. 



Left a white streak for 

 several minutes : broad 

 and long, and chan- 

 ging its form and 

 colour to yellow and 

 red. 



Reddish train, 15°in length 



Remarks. 



W.SW. to E.N.E. 



Shooting-stars frequent 

 through the night. 



Frequent shooting-stars 

 on the 22nd and 27th. 



In one hour, one meteor 



only ; clear sky. 

 In one hour six meteors j 



clear sky. 

 In thirty minutes no 



meteor seen; clear sky. 

 In one hour no meteor 



seen ; clear sky. 



The meteor (? the train) 

 remained visible one 

 minute. 



Obsen 



Pugh's Directory 

 (1864). 



Id. 



5° or a little^ • 

 more. 



Train 



Burst like a shell, illu 

 minating the heavens 

 with a brilliant 



light. 



^eft a long train of light 

 which remained visible 

 after the meteor itself 

 had disappeared. 



do train or sparks 



5° + . 



E. to W. 



Perpendicular , 



Nearly perpendicular ... 



Directed from i] Cephei. 



10° 



2°. 



Downwards towards the 

 right 20° from per- 

 pendicular. 



Almost stationary 



In twilight 



Sky cloudless ; the light 

 of the rr.eteor re 

 sembled noonday 

 dazzling. 



Slow motion 



Slow motion 



On the same night a 

 number of other me- 

 teors were seen, 

 mostly large. 



Moonlight 



No other shooting-star 

 in 50 minutes. 



A. S. Herschel. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



' The Times.' 



T. Crura plen. 



G. F. Chambers. 



Modena News- 

 paper. 



W. II. Wood. 

 W. C. Nash. 

 Id. 



Walter Bell. 

 Id. 



\. S. Herschel. 



T. M. Simkiss. 

 W. H. Wood. 



A. S. Herschel. 



Id. 



