A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance; Train, if any, 

 and its Dui-ation. 



Left an irregular phos- 

 phorescent patch about 

 14' diameter near the 

 centre of its path, which 

 remained visible 3 or 4 

 seconds. 



It burst with very greatly 

 increased brilliancy, but 

 without any fragments, 

 and disappeared. 



In the first half {a, b) 

 of its course, bright 

 white. Then dimi- 

 nished, and changea 

 to red, drawing a 

 train of red sparks 

 and disappearing with 

 a flash at c. 



Left a streak on its whole 

 course for 1^- second. 



Left no train or sparks. 

 Disappeared gradually. 



No train or sparks 



Length of 

 Path. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



.\lmost sta- 

 tionary. 



Remarks. 



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Rather ascending, and 

 then slightly falling. 



30 

 15 



Directed from Polaris.. 

 Directed from Perseus., 



Last half of course de- 

 cidedly serpentine. 



View in the south-east Ernest Jones, 

 direction uninter- 

 rupted ; no sound 

 heard. 



Two meteors seen in A. S Herschel. 

 20 minutes : clear 

 sky ; no moon ; one 

 observer. 



R. P. Greg. 

 A. S. Herschel. 



Seven meteors in one Id. 

 hour : clear sky ;t 

 no moon ; one ob- 

 server. 



Six meteors seen in 

 45 minutes : beauti- 

 fully clear sky ; no 

 moon ; one ob- 

 server. 



Clear fine night. In 

 one hour no me- 

 teors seen. On the 

 nights of the 25th 

 and 2Cth sky over 

 cast. 



Id. 



W. H. Wood. 



