A CATALOGUE OP OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance; Train, if any, 

 ] and its Duration. 



Length of 

 rath. 



L large luminous bodj', 

 drawing behind it a| 

 streak of red light 5°| 

 or 6° in length, from! 

 which red fire seemed! 

 to drop. 



he bright red body left 

 behind it a tail of con-i 

 sjderable length, and ofl 

 the same colour as the 

 head. All the sky and, 

 tlie landscape was light- 

 ed up with a pale green 

 liglit. 



'hen within 20° of the 

 horizon it broke up. 



filliant ball of fire and 

 train of sparks like a 

 comet. Burst into 

 several balls, like those 

 of Roman candles. 

 iiaped like a Tadpole. 

 The body elongated 

 and well defined. The 

 tail, which was fiery- 

 red, shook, as if vio- 

 lently contorted, 

 ke a ball of blazing 

 tow, emitting flames of 

 blue, red, and vellow' 

 light. 



■: its first appearance it 

 ncreased, almost stati- 

 Jnaiy, to half the appa- 

 ent width, and at least 

 •he full brightness ofj 

 he moon. As it ad-| 

 ■ anced, it drew behind! 

 t a white tail, and 

 •hanged its colour to 

 Dright red. 



AI)olide, drawing a long . 

 ery tail, and scat-: 

 ering sparks on its 

 jourse. i 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



iFrom W. to E. 



From due W. to E. 



fmmediately after its 

 passage two bright 

 flashes of light fol- 

 lowed which illu- 

 mined the whole sky. 

 Seen by many persons 

 on the Parade. 

 It did not describe 

 a perfect arc, but! 

 about halfway 

 through its course 

 it made a sudden 

 rise, when the light 

 flashed out with far 

 greater brilliancy ; 

 after that it again 

 tended downwards. 

 No sound of an ex- 

 plosion was heard. 

 [Seen also from the 

 bridge in St. James's 

 Park, descending ap- 

 parently into the 

 water ; like a firework 

 I at the Crvstal Palace. 



—A. S. H.] 

 Cast shadows as bright 

 as those of sunlis'ht. 



Communicated 

 by J. B. Dancer 



H. T. Mackenzie. 



L. ; ' The Times,' 

 June 3rd, 



From W. to E. ; parallellThe night was bright 



to the horizon. 



Fell obliquely down- . 

 wards, from right to; 

 left. 



with starlight ; and 

 the meteor appeared 

 to fall in a neigh 

 bouring field. 



'Morning 

 Herald,' 

 June 3rd. 



The houses and all sur 

 rounding objects were 

 brilliantly illumined 

 by its light. 



Fell vertically 

 vi-ards. 



T. J. Buckton. 



W. Newsam. 



Mons. Robinet ; 

 ' Association 

 Scientifique 

 de France,' 

 Nos. 124 and 

 126. 



down-iThe same meteor was ' Le Temps,' 



also seen at Havres. 



June 2nd. 



