A CATALOGUE OP OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEOHS, 



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ppearance; Train, if any, Length of 

 and its Duration. Patli. 



Direction ; noting also 



^hetlier Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



eft a bright streak for a 

 second or two. 



ive small meteors seen, 

 leaving unusually per 

 sistent streaks. 



Bft a red streak for 2 se- 

 conds. 



ift a red streak. 



Length of Parallel to aline through 

 a line y Cygni and /3 Lyrae. 

 from y 

 Cygni to 

 /3 Lyrae. 

 2-i'^ to 15°.. Radiant-point about 5 

 below, and 2° west of 

 /3 Persei 



8°. 



le nucleus was ar- 

 rested for a moment 

 in its flight and burst. 

 It then advanced with 

 increased brightness 

 until it disappeared. 

 It left a luminous 

 cloud at the point of 

 retardation for twenty 

 seconds. 

 I ft a shght train 



first scarcely visible, 

 brightened gradually. 



ift a streak 1° in lengtli 



12° 



r. 



22= 



\ 



From Radiant , 



From Radiant , 

 From Radiant R,. 



Remarks. 



Obsener. 



NV. Jackson. 



rV bright auroral glare T. Crumplen. 

 visible all over the 

 north and north-east- 

 ern sky. 



Directed towards v On- 

 onis; Radiant O. 



Fell vertically, from Ra- 

 diant Ajj, J-. 



Close to Radiant-point.. 



From Radiant , 



View of the path inter- 

 cepted 4^ above the 

 horizon. 



From 10" 45"" to IIH"^^ 

 45"* p.m. six meteors 

 seen. Night of the 

 22nd cloudy. 



On the same night 

 seventeen other me 

 teors were observed. 



J. E. Clark. 



W. H. Wood. 



Id. 

 Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 



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B. Lucas ; com- 

 municated by 

 R. H. AInatt, 

 in the ' Sussex 

 Mail.' 



Another meteor at O"" 

 47'" p.m. moved at 

 right angles to this 

 one, near jS Andro- 

 medffi. 



J. E. Clark. 



Id. 



Id. 



