A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 357 
= a < ka 
Direction; noting also 
_|Appearance ; Train, if any, Length of | whether Horizontal, 
and its Duration. Path. Perpendicular, or Remarks. Observer. 
Inclined. 
| 
Nine meteors observed ...|............06 ‘tettesseceseeevercesseeeeesee Bright moonlight, hazy|G. W. H. Mac- 
in E. lear, R.A.S., 
‘ Monthly 
Notices,’ vol. 
XXviii. p. 52. 
2267 meteors seen in five}.........s00.. seeseeceeceveeeceeeseeeeeeeees/Maximum number |Americen Journ. 
hours. counted in10 minutes! of Science, 
by four observers, 430! Second Series, 
meteors, between 4%) vol. xly. p. 84. 
10™ and 4" 20™ a.m. 
1301 meteors observed in Trneteeeeeeeeeel seceeeeessecccesseseseseesees| Maximum of frequency| Ibid. pp. 87-89. 
one hour and fifty-one 4 at 4" 31™ a.m., viz. 
minutes. 47 in one minute; 
five observers, of 
whom two were con- 
tinually on the watch. 
About 5000 meteors ‘ob-!..,.,. Soae apc Ae ARES eee > seevereeeeee{ Maximum frequency 43/[bid. pp. 78-82. 
served in five hours. meteors in one minute 
| for one observer, at 
| 4> 35™ a.m.; strong 
moonlight ; clear sky. 
1040 meteors observed in|............... ‘ececeeeetesessesceeevererees Maximum frequency 15 R.A.S. ‘Monthly 
one hour. per minute for one] Notices,’ vol. 
‘ observer, at 45 25") xxviii. p. 54. 
a.m. ~ Seen also at 
Trinidad, 1600 me- 
teors, between 25 a.m. 
and daybreak; and at 
Martinique. 
meteors observed ....4.|.....500-.s000elecse seccdsnavassavcvecersses Bright moonlight; sky|G. W. H. Mac- 
clear. lear, Ibid. p. 53. 
MUIR een seen csacastscccncslecseccodesceces From Radiant A,, ....../Sky clear at 104 p-m. ;| W. H. Wood. 
one meteor in 30 mi- 
nutes; sky overcast 
on the nights of the 
20th and 21st. 
‘| sevecesseesessevcveeresseeeeessSHOWed two minimalld. 
and two maxima of 
size, with correspond- 
ing changes of colour 
and brilliancy. 
(Oc i asahteee 
eft a luminous streak,|.....,......... 
teeeeeseeeerseesereseasesecesleseseeeesrieessstessssserseres(Ae Harding, 
Which remained visible ‘The Globe,’ 
twenty minutes. (See Jan. 3. 
Appendix for its de- 
Scription.) 
sappeared BUAGU AM Veleccesestoeccceclicccox evs Spococesocooc seoonee-(Seen in twilight. The)Communicated 
Left a broad white Streak resembled albyA.S. Herschel. 
streak like a_ bright cloud lighted up by 
| silvery cloud. the rising sun. 
