A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Left a very slight train 



Towards tlie end of its 

 course it left a bright 

 green train 2° long, and 

 15' broad for about 1 sec. 



Length of 

 Path. 



12° 



8°. 



17° 



5°. 



Extremely bright meteor ; 

 left a slight train. 



Left a short sparkling 

 train. 



A few sparks were seen 

 to fall from it when 

 brightest. 



Short 



25° 



10° 



10° 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Nearly horizontal 



Directed at first from /3 

 Aurigje. 



/ 



/ 



Perpendicular , 



I 



Horizontal 



Remarks. 



Sky clear ; a strict watch 

 kept ; none seen. 



Appeared from behind 

 a cloud whose edge 

 it slightly illuminated 



Path distinctly curved, 

 as shown by the 

 arrow. 



Observer. 



J. E. Clark. 



J. E. Clark and 

 A. C. Marriage. 



J. E. Clark. 



Id. 



T. H. Backhouse, 



J. E. Clark. 



Directed from ^ (/3, y) 

 Ursae Minoris. 



/ 



Four other meteors seen 

 during the evening, 



From 7'^ 40™ to 7'> 55™ ; 

 on the morning of the 

 7th watched for me- 

 teors, but none seen 



Directed from g Gemi- 

 norura. 



\i 



Ursa Major. 

 Directed from Cassiopeia 



From Cassiopeia , 



/ 



Only a few stars visible 

 in twilight. 



T.W. Backhouse, 



\. C. Marriage 

 and J. E. Clark 



T.W. Backhouse, 



J. E. Clark. 



Id. 



Id. 



