A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance; Train, if any 

 and its Duration. 



iCft a streak for 1 second 



jcft no streak 



iCft no streak 



•eft no streak 



•eft no streak 



riglilest at the middle of 

 its course. Left no 

 streak. 



Tightest at the middle of 

 its course. Left no 

 streak. 



i_ the first half of 

 its course a bright 

 white meteor equal to 

 Sirius, leaving a slight 

 streak ; then collapsed 

 to a yellow first-niag 

 nitude star, drawing 

 a short tail of red 

 sparks ; it disappeared 

 suddenly. 

 Tightest at the middle of 

 its course. Left no 

 streak. 



■ightest at the middle of 



its course. Left j 



streak. 



ft no streak 



Length of 

 Path. 



6° while in 

 sijht. 



sparks or streak; dis- 

 appeared gradually. 



Direction; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Fell vertically. Directed 

 from i (w, y) Cephei 



45= 



15° or 20° 



Observer. 



A side view, only, of the 

 meteor was seen. 



Six meteors seen m 

 forty - five minutes 

 Very clear sky ; no 

 moon ; one observer. 

 No other meteor seen 

 in forty - five mi- 

 nutes. Clear sky ; 

 no moon. 

 Two very similar me- 

 teors following each 

 other, almost imme- 

 diately, in the same 

 part of the sky. 



A. S. Herschel. 



Id. 



Almost vertically up. 

 wards to the zenith. 



A very striking meteor 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



This meteor and the;Id. 

 next followed each 

 other in quick suc- 

 cession. 



Nearly horizontal 



Mlar nucleus, with'8° or 10° 

 y quickly intermit-j while in 

 It light. J)isappearedl sight. 



lildenly. No streak or 



iiarks. 



Directed from near ?; 

 Cygni. Radiant B 

 in head of Draco. 



In twilight. Very bright 

 meteor ; seen by se- 

 veral persons. 



Id. 



Id. 



Communicated 

 byA.S.Herschel. 



Two rapid white flashes A. S. Herschel. 

 in one second drew 

 the observer's atten- 

 tion to the meteor. 

 The final part, only, 

 of the meteor's course! 

 was seen, in a clear; 

 space between clouds. 



