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A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



IIIGET METEORS OBSERVED IX 1871 A^-D 1872. 



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Length of 

 Path. 



20' 



Long course. 



Direction. 



Fell perpendicularly to the ho- 

 rizon. 



Appearance ; Remarks, &c. 



Observer. 



Course parallel to « and y Cygni 



Globular nucleus. Left a streak 

 visible 40'' after the meteor had 

 disappeared. 



Gave a very bright light. Left a 

 luminous streak visilile for 1'" 

 20- or 30" to the eye, and for 

 about 3"' in the telescope finder. 



Horizontal from east to west. 



Directed from Andromeda. 



35"= 



25" 



20° 



Path 

 curved. 



Dropped straight doven . 



Directed from /t Ursa; Majoris 



About lO'' 01 

 12°. 



Sir W. Herschel's MS. 

 Journal. 



Id. 



Id. 



Resembled a faint sky-rocket. A 

 portion of the train in the posi- 

 tion shown in the sketch re- 

 mained visible for 3™ at least. 



Several other meteors were seen 

 on the same night, but none so 

 conspicuously brilliant as this 

 one. 



Disappeared gradually; left along, 

 broad, bhie streak for 4 or 5 se- 

 conds. A clear night ; and a 

 few lesser meteors were occa- 

 sionally visible. 



The sky was too cloudy to verify 

 these positions by the stars. 



Increased in size gradually, j 

 and at length became club- I 

 shaped, as in the sketch. A | 

 magnificent meteor. The I 

 green colour most brilliant, v. 



Increased gradually ; burst into six 

 or seven fragments, the last two 

 of vvhich were of a fine crimson 

 red colour ; left a bright, very 

 enduring streak. 



Nucleus increased as it advanced ; 

 and at last burst into several 

 fragments, some of which were 

 crimson. 



Left a slight streak 



At first a faint streak ; increased 

 gradually, and disappeared sud 

 denly, with the appearance of 

 sparks. Left no conspicuous 

 streak. 



Id. 



Jerem. Ilenly. 



Id. 



T. Crumplen. 



G. J. Svmonds. 



H. W. Jackson. 



William Marriott. 



Id. 



V/. Bishop. 



T. W. Webb. 



