A CATALOGUE Of OBSERVATIONS OP LUMINOUS METEORS. 



105 



)pearance ; Train, if any, 

 aud its Duration. 



Length of 

 Tath. 



sappeared with a flash 7° or 8° .. 

 about one degree in 

 length, at which place a 

 train remained 4 sees, 

 . tiaiu or sparks 



i train or sparks 



23° 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



From a southern Radiant 1 U. S. Ilerschel 



Directed from Fomal- 

 haut. 



dulatiug, throwing off 

 iery sparks in the last 

 lalf of its course, 

 conical train remained 

 ipon the whole course 

 1% seconds. 



train or sparks 



train or sparks 



train or sparks 



leak 2 seconds. 



23° 



No path 

 26° 



train or sparks 

 train or sparks 



i ! t a streak upon the 

 hole path for 3 sees. 



Strain or sparks 



Bntained a uniform 

 Tightness. Drew a 

 am of sparks. 



Directed from Fomal 

 haut. 



Stationary 



Directed from Fomal- 

 haut. 



Undulating motion in 

 the last half of its 

 course. 



1.1. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 



Id. 



21 : 



Directed from a southern 



Radiant. 

 Directed from Fomal 



haut. 



•train or sparks 



Long path.. 



6 a streak for 2 seconds 

 b a streak for 2 seconds 

 i rain or sparks 



c rain or sparks 

 Drain or sparks 



30 c 



Almost horizontal, in- 

 clining downwards. 



Directed from x Persei. 



Directed from Fomal 

 haut. 



Directed from /3 Cygni. 



In 2 h 30 m forty-three 

 meteors : one observer ; 

 clear sky ; no moon. 

 A second at 10 h 20 m , 

 equally bright ; de- 

 scended vertically. A 

 third appeared at the 

 same hour on the fol- 

 lowing night. 



rd. 



Id. 

 Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 

 J. H. Abrahall. 



A. S. Ilerschel. 



Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 



