A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Length of 

 Path. 



Direction, 



About 25° ... Obliquely down, as in this 

 bketch. 



West horizon. 



Shot liorizoutally from east to 

 west. 



'Directed from a Ceti 



From radiant K G 



[From radiant M^ (or K G ?)] 



Appearance ; Remarks, &c. 



Observer. 



Left a very bright, enduring streaki II. Page, 

 on a part of the latter portion 

 of its course. [Seen also at 

 York, where it appeared not 

 to be directed from Leo, but 

 from a radiant-point distant 

 from it by a few degrees. — E. 

 Clark.] 



Left a long train. [Seen also at The ' Standard.' 



Norwood, Kent, moving from 



E.N.E. toW.S.W. In a watch 



of two hours on the same night 



meteors appeared to be un- 

 usually scarce. — /rf.] 

 Nucleus appearing to rotate in its T. Crumplen. 



flight, leaving some streaks and 



a long train upon its course. 



Disappeared gradually, without 



explosion. 

 As bright as Venus during most T. W, Backhouse. 



of its course, growing suddenly 



brighter just before disappear- 

 ance. Left a short streak for 



2'' at the middle of its course, 



atN. Decl. 21°. 

 Left a fine streak. End of the|\V. C. Nash. 



meteor's course not seen. j 



Meteor increased in size, and col- W. H. Vl'ood. 

 lapsed at maximum ; leaving aj 

 transient train on its course. 



Short course. 



Exploded with a bright flash. E. J. Lowe: 

 Left some luminous red sparks Dec. 8th. 

 on its track, and a bright train 

 of red points, which remained 

 visible for about three minutes. 



Left no streak. [At Bristol Mr. |R. M'Clure. 

 Wm. F. Denning observed aj 

 large meteor at O"" 42'" pass 

 downwards in the west. No 

 stars were there visible to re- 

 cord its path.] 



The Times,' 



Almost vertically down , 



At disappearance the meteor burst, 

 with a bright green flash, 

 [The radiants observed in France 

 during this month appear to 

 confirm very closely Dr. lleis's 

 previous results. — M. Faye.] 



Increased in size, and 

 disappeared with a 

 slight explosion. The 

 course may have ex- 

 tended onwards a few 

 degrees beyond the 

 stars named. 



P. Guyot: ' Comples 

 Kendus,' Jan. 15, 



1872. 



II. W. Jackson. 



