A CATALOGUE OP OBSERVATIONS OP LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Left a train for 2 minutes 



Left a bright streak on 

 its whole course, di- 

 vided into two por- 

 tions at I Tauri. 

 The part from i to a 

 Tauri became curved, 

 concave to the soutli, 

 and collected itself 

 into a knot, which 

 drifted across y On- 

 onis southwards, half- 

 way to \ Orionis, 

 and disappeared at 

 the latter point at 

 1^ 19™ 30^ a.m. 

 (Duration 5 minutes 45 

 seconds.) 



Left an orange - yellow 

 streak for 60 seconds. 



Left a train which lingered 

 several seconds. 



The meteor burst into 

 several sparkling frag 

 ments and left a dense 

 vapour which entirely 

 obscured r\ Leonis. 



Length of 

 Path. 



Left a broad green train 

 in sight for one or two 

 minutes. 



Suddenly blazed out just 

 before disappearing, 

 leaving a puff and a 

 short tail, which lasted 

 two minutes and fifty 

 seconds, and drifted 

 very shghtly eastward. 



25° 



Nearly sta- 

 tionary. 



Equal to the 

 space be- 

 tween e 

 and S Le- 

 onis. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



G. Forbes. 



A. S. Herschel 

 and A. Mac^ 

 gregofi 



Directed from Leo 



Directed from the same 

 two stars. 



The vapour, while 

 dense, was examined 

 through the spectro- 

 scope, but nothing 

 could be elicited. 

 After the lapse of 

 some seconds, the star 

 (j> Leonis) was seen 

 faintly through the 

 vapour, but this ap- 

 pearance was not dis- 

 sipated until one 

 minute and a half 

 had elapsed ; the va^ 

 pour gradually fading 

 away during that 

 time. 



Seen through trees. 



For a moment it lit up 

 the whole heavens as 

 with the light of day. 



Observer. 



Daily Review,' 

 Nov. 16, 1866 



S. H. Miller. 

 W. C. Nash. 



W. H. Wood. 



Communicated 

 byA.S. Herschel 



E. J. Lowe. 



H. Weightmau. 



