A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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\.ppearance ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Length of 

 Path. 



Direction ; noting also 



whetlier Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Siongated nucleus, draw 

 ing a tail of sparks, 

 which was at first red, 

 and afterwards of a 

 greenish tinge. 



,efc no streak or sparks... 



iSft no streak. 



iCft no streak. 



iurst with the appear. 



auce of a rocket, 

 irightest at the middle of 



its course. Left no 



streak. 



rightest at the middle ofi8° 

 its path. Left no streak. 



Observer. 



From \Y. to E. 



About 15= 



i° Directed towards ? Ursse 



Minoris. 



eft no streak 



eft a streak at the mid- 

 dle and brightest i)arl 

 of its course for half a 

 second. 



left no streak 



2ft a streak at the mid- 

 dle and brightest part 

 of its course for half a 

 second, 

 rightest at middle of'4° 

 its course. Left no 

 streak. 



Curved path, thus — 



Passed from S. to N. .. 



Directed 

 pentis. 



from 9 Ser- 



The glare ■which it 

 cast was so bright 

 that a person stand 

 ing at a window, 

 facing towards the 

 north, thought that 

 it lightened. Seen 

 also at Verviers, Tour 

 nay, Stavelot, &c. 



Some who saw the me 

 teor heard a loud 

 report follow its ap 

 pearance. 



In twilight. Arcturus 

 the oidy star visible 

 in the sky, which was 

 quite clear. 



No other meteor in an 

 hour, in a fifth part 

 of the sky. Clear 

 no moon. Dawn be- 

 ginning to appear. 



Turned in the middle 

 of its path towards 

 Opliiuchus. No other 

 meteor seen in thirty 

 minutes. Sky half 

 clear ; no moon. 



A very brilliant meteor.. 



No other meteor seen 

 in forty-five minutes 

 Sky hazy ; no moon ; 

 one observer. 



No other meteor seen 

 in forty-five minutes, 

 Sky hazy ; no moon. 



30° Down the division 



the Milky Way. 



of. 



rightest at middle of its 4° Directed from e Her 



course. Left no streak. 



culis. 



Directed from ^ BoiJtis 



Four meteors seen in 

 forty-five minutes. Very 

 clear skv ; no moon. 



Bulletins de 

 I'Acad^mie de 

 Belgique ' for 

 June 1869, vol, 

 xxvii. p. 631. 



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 June 4th. 



Communicated 

 byA.S.Herschel. 



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