OBSERVATIONS OV LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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The following particulars of some of the most remarkable meteors are con- 

 taiucd in the list of observations, of which a full description will be included 

 in the forthcoming printed volume of the Radcliffe Observations. 



Date. 



Time. 



Remarks. 



„ 10.. 



„■ 11... 



„ 11 ... 



„ 11... 



„ 11... 



„ n... 



„ 11... 



14 10 



10 14 



10 55 



12 6 



12 36 



12 54 



14 4 



Meteor =lst-mag. » ; white; duration one second. Shot from 

 \ Draconis to a Coronae. Curved path and long train. 



Meteor = lst-mag. #; white; duration two or three seconds. 

 Shot past a Lyrse northwards, leaving a streak. 



Mr. Keating saw a meteor pass through the field of the Transit- 

 circle while looking for a star near the south horizon. 



Meteor =:2nd-mag. *; duration one and a half second. From 

 Q Cassiopeia} to S Cygni. Meteor with a long course and 

 streak. 



Meteor= Ist-mag. * ; duration one and a half second. Shot from 

 a Delphini past /3 Aquilae, leaving a streak. 



Two meteors = 2nd-mag. »8 appeared in quick succession, with 

 an interval of about one second between them, passing on 

 nearly the same course from a point near a Piscium towards 

 »j Ceti. 



Meteor =2nd-mag. *; white; duration two seconds. Passed 

 from X Draconis, just under Polaris, — ^-. This meteor 

 had the slowest motion of any observed in this night's watch. 



Brighter than a Ist-mag. *; red. Shot from /3 Pegasi to a 

 point near /3 Aquarii. This meteor rapidly followed two 

 other meteors equal to 2nd and Ist-mag. «s in Bootes, and 

 directed from /3 Andromedaj to y Pegasi. 



A flash of red light from the south was visible in the sky, re- 

 sembling lightning. [Meteoric. See above.] 



As bright as Jupiter ; duration two seconds. From a point 

 under y Ursae Majoris to the north horizon. 



Brighter than a Ist-mag. * ; yellow. Passed from y Ca- 

 melopardit to a Ursai Majoris, leaving a brilliant train, 

 about 15' in width, visible for about fifteen seconds, just 

 under Polaris, after the meteor had disappeared. Certainly 

 the most brilliant train I have ever seen. A streamer-look- 

 ing appearance was visible in the place for half an hour, and 

 was recognized by Mr. Keating at 13'^ 0'". [The meteor was 

 also seen at Leamington, and, as will shortly be described, by 

 Mr. Greg, at Manchester.] 



Meteors Ist-mag. *t; white; duration one second. Passed from 

 a point near y Cjgni to rj Pegasi. [From radiant in 

 Cygnus.] At H*" 13" two meteor.s=4th-mag. *s, appeared 

 at the same instant moving in parallel paths between ^ and rj, 

 and between a and y, across the constellation Pegasus. 



Brighter than a Ist-mag. # ; duration one and a half second. 

 Shot from t; Persei, increasing in brightness, and changing 

 from red to blue, and leaving a streak, until it burst over 

 y Andromeda. 



Meteor = Ist-mag. *; duration one second. Passed from 

 a Cygni to a point south of a Lyra;, leaving a bright train. 

 This train was in two parallel lines, which slowly joined 

 together sideways, and then disappeared (Mr. Keating). 



Two fourth-magnitude meteors, with an interval of two seconds 

 between them, shot from I Aquarii to 5 Caprieorni, and from 

 a Aquarii to /3 Aquarii. 



As bright as Jupiter. From a point between /3 and ^ Draconis 

 to halfway between a Coronai and a Ophiuchi. Left a train 

 visible for five or sis seconds. (The beginning of the meteor's 

 course not well seen.) 



As bright as Jupiter ; yellow. Prom i Tauri to a little below 

 Aldebaran. Left a streak. 



Two second and fourth-magnitude meteors appeared imme- 

 diately following each other from y Ursie Minoris to between 

 1) and 9 Draconis, and from a point just over h Ursoe Majoris, 

 descending vertically. 



t Known in maps of Bode's Constellations as the star m Custodis. 



