A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance; Train, if any, 

 ■ and its Duration. 



Triple meteor, each 

 equal to Venus. A 

 ' part of tlie train got 

 I shorter and thicker, 

 I until it was of an oval 

 shape. This part re- 

 mained visible until 

 12'> 49"" a.m., the stars 

 being visible through 

 it. 

 Left a long train which 

 remained luminous for 

 30 seconds after the 

 disappearance of the 

 nucleus. 



Seft no train 



An arc of 



160°. 



Stationary 

 object. 



jCft a train visible in the 

 telescope for 10 minutes. 



ucft a train some mi 

 nutes broad, and at first 

 quite straight. A part 

 of the train, 15° long, 

 near the Pleiades and 

 Aldebaran, remained 

 visible after the ends 

 had faded aad assumed 

 a serpentine form 

 After this it took 

 the form of a small 

 oval cloud, and 



moved from between 

 c and ^ Tauri to 

 wards y Orionis ; 



' being visible as i 

 faint cloud until 1'' 

 20"" a.m. 



L,eft a streak which re 



I mained visible for 2°' 8". 



Length of 

 Path. 



Directed from Leo . 



Direction; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



[Identical with the pre 

 ceding ; see Appendix 

 I-] 



The train was first 

 a band about 5' 

 broad, and then be- 

 came a circular patch 

 slightly elongated 

 eastwards, which 

 drifted about 5° to- 

 wards the north-west 

 horizon before it dis- 

 appeared. 



The brightest meteor of 

 the night. 



\V. H. Wood. 



T. Crumplen and 

 H. J. Wix. 



[Identical with the pre 

 ceding.] 



Observer. 



G. Forbes. 



D. Gill. 



A. and J. Thomp- 

 son. 



H. Cooper Key. 



