A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 
Appearance; Train, if any, 
and its Duration. 
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Burst with sparks at dis- 
appearance. 
Left a luminous line in its 
wake; burst into in- 
numerable brightly 
coloured particles at 
disappearance. 
Disappeared, and then re-|. 
appeared again, further 
on, almost like another 
meteor. 
Sixty meteors mapped in 
two hours, and seventy 
others counted before 
daybreak. 
Burst with a 
scattering sparks in all 
directions. Left a mo- 
mentary streak, which 
appeared to consist of 
sparks where the meteor 
burst. 
Dazzling at first; form 
undistinguishable ; fol- 
lowed at last by a small 
red train. Disappeared 
without bursting. 
Pear-shaped, round below,|. 
and ending in a point. 
At first a small shoot- 
ing-star; it became a| 
large fire between e 
and Z Urs, and pro- 
ceeded thence to the ho- 
rizon, scattering sparks 
on its course. 
A large fireball . 
Dall train, and streamers 
from the nucleus. 
HASH [Fh ceccek 
Path. 
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Oe terrae eeeeee 
seeeeeoeseoeend 
About 17°... 
| Length of | 
361 
; Direction ; noting also 
| whether Horizontal, 
Perpendicular, or 
Inclined. 
la ee meee eeresecere rt eben reeenee 
Described an are of a 
segment of a circle. 
SP e eee er ee eserves esse eset Oe 
seit \Wastoubyetsnsececeuecouese 
Vertically down, from 
S.W. by W. to N.E. 
by E. 
‘Quite vertically down... 
head. 
Remarks. 
Another large meteor, 
seen at Ardrossan on 
an early Sunday 
evening in the same 
month, disappeared 
in the direction of 
Lochwinnoch (North 
Ayrshire). 
seeeene Pe eee ee eres eteseresens 
Clear sky 
Peer ee ee beeenes 
Pretty distinct Radiant- 
point, in Corona; at 
a=233°, d= + 26° 
(G. V.S.). 
The brilliancy of the 
meteor was very uni- 
form throughout. [A 
shower of stones fell 
at Pultusk, see Ap- 
pendix II.] 
Passed behind a cloud, 
which it lighted up 
brilliantly from N. to 
E., and reappeared as 
a red fireball falling 
nearly to the ho- 
rizon. (See Appen- 
dix II.). 
Lighted up all objects 
with a dazzling light. 
Illuminated the clouds 
near the horizon for 
one second with a 
light like red fire. 
iN. to S., passing over-|[‘‘Corona” not yet risen. 
A different meteor 
from the preceding 
one. | 
Inclined downwards to|A smaller meteor from 
right. 
satne Radiant at 11" 
40™ p.m. 
Observer. 
W. Brown. 
‘Melbourne 
Post.’ 
P. Innes. 
M. Zezioli. 
Communicated 
by G. V. Schia- 
parelli. 
— Kayser. Note 
by J. G. Galle. 
— V. Sichart. 
Note by J. G. 
Galle. 
‘ Schlesische Zei- 
tung,’ Jan. 31. 
—Schuh. Note 
by J. G. Galle. 
f. Schenk. Note 
by J. G. Galle. 
T. Crumplen. 
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