A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Ippearance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Length of 

 Path. 



} train or sparks 

 ) train or sparks , 

 ) train or sparks , 

 train or sparks . 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Ohscrver. 



ft a streak for 1 second 



lue nucleus, surrounded 30 c 

 rind followed by red 

 sparks. Diminished to 

 1 point, and disappeared 

 without bursting. The 

 streak remained visible 

 15 seconds. 



Directed from Perseus. 



A. S. Hcrschel. 



id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



In the latter part of its Id. 

 course the flight and 

 the streak were twice 



inflected. 



tft a streak for 2 seconds 



I streak visible. 



train 



train 



< train 



a. Commencement. 



Streak. 

 b. Termination of the meteor. 



I5 C 



8°. 



Inclined 



In one hour six meteors: 

 one observer; clear sky 

 moon nearly full. 

 Full moonlight; 2nd 

 mag. stars not dis- 

 tinguishable. 

 riiree meteors from 10' 

 to ll h 1 j"> p.m. 



In one hour no meteors 

 seen: sky partial); 

 clear ; full moon. A 

 terrific storm of light- 

 ning and rain before 

 midnight. 



.V fine clear night 



Id. 



10 Inclined 



itrain 



I train 



Inclined 



a Lyra;. y Draconis. 



/ 



F. Cruniplcn. 



Arthur Harding. 



Id. 



;\V. C. Nash. 



Id. 



/3 Diaeonis. 



