A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIOXS OF I.UMIXOUS >[ETEOUS. 



2G9 



i.ppearance; Train, if any, j Length of 



and its Duration. 



Path. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



rew gradually brighter... Very short 

 path. 



eft a fine train in the 

 first part of its course, 

 from 7 to |8 Cassiopeiie, 

 ftr half a second. 



110 streak 10°orl2° 



:ft a short but very dense , 

 and distinct streak of ai 

 greenish-blue colour for 

 half a second. | 



•ft a green streak for 2 . 

 seconds. I 



ft a streak for 1 second'. 



Exact observation. 

 Three more conform- 

 able meteors, very 

 swift, ill Aries, Del- 

 phinus, and Cygnus, 

 were seen before 12'' 

 40"' a.m. 



Obser 



Communicated 

 by A. S. ller- 

 schel. 



[d. 



Directed towards Cas- A verv well-defined and: 



siopeia. 



Directed from e Cassio- 

 peia;. 



beautiful object. 



About half of the ski 

 overcast. 



Id. 



Id. 



W. II. Wood. 

 .•V. S. Ilersthel. 



lit no streak. 



Directed from 5 Vulpe- Five meteors seen in 'id. 

 cute. j 30 minutes in ^tli of 



j the sky ; generally 



j clear ; no moon. 

 Directed from y Persei.. A very fine night W. II. Wood. 



' ' a streak for half a 



..id. 



I'l a streak for 1 second 



I t p. streak in the first 

 Ku t of its course. j 



t a streak for 1 second' - 



Directed from ;y;risciuni 

 Directed from a Persei. 



Towards y Dra'-onis 



.'V. S. Ilcrschel. 



Id. 



W. II. M'ood. 



Communicated 

 byA.S.Herschcl 



\. S. Ilersehel. 



Communicated 

 bvA.S. Ilersehel 



A. S. Ilersehel. 



-dually faded out. Left I From a southern Radiant Id. 



o streak. I i , 



; Directed from /3 Cygi; 



streak for 2 seconds' 



I 

 : no streak '\2° 



Id. 

 Id. 



L'onimuiiicated 

 liyA.S.litrtchel. 



