A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



■Left a sliglit train 



Lengtli of 

 Path. 



Nucleus apparently non 

 I luminous, but seen in 

 relief. 



Vt first a speck of 

 light. Gradually grew 

 larger, drawing a fan- 

 shaped tail of sparks 

 Burst at maximum 

 brightness. 



lurst with a flash at dis 

 appearance. 



4". 



20° 



.eft a train for 2 seconds.. 10° 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



«- 



Described two equal 

 curves or undulations 

 see drawing. 



Clear fine niglit. No 

 meteors seen in 

 twenty minutes. 

 Fine display of 

 Aurora Borealis with 

 streamers, in the 

 N.N.W. 



Shot at an angle of 45' 

 across the skv. 



From S.E. to N.M', 



\ 



— > 



F. Bewley, 



A. K. Brown. 

 J. E. Clark. 



W. II. Vv'ood. 



Id. 



Ax=b° 45' 

 !v;/ = l 30 

 Followed by a loud de 

 tonation. Illuminated 

 the district for miles 

 round. Seen also at 

 Rusholme. 



Two similar meteors 

 near the same place 

 and nearly simulta- 

 neous. 



S. Lavey and W, 

 W. Chambers. 

 ' Manchester 

 Courier.' 



M. Kumaree, Les 

 Mondes, 2n(l 

 Ser., vol. xiii 

 p. 23. 



k. K. Brown and 

 J. E. Clark. 



A. similar one near to it Id. 

 ten seconds before. 



Id. 



(d. 



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