A CATALOGUE O? OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 115 



Length of 

 Path. 



35° 



15° 



Direction. 



[From Jan, 2nd radiant-point 



K3.] 



10° 



30° 



Fell vertically 



From radiant S4, -, near 5 Vir- 

 ginis. 



Appearance; Remarks, &c. 



Observer. 



Left a fine streak 



Its whole course seen through 

 thin clouds, which partly ob 

 scured ■ Jupiter and Regulus. 

 The point of disappearance is 

 perhaps in error 5° or 6°. A 

 very bright meteor. 



Left a streak, 

 halo. 



Sky hazy, lunar 



Left a long, persistent streak on 

 its course. 



Presented no extraordinary ap- 

 pearance at first, but increased 

 in size and brilliancy to disap- 

 pearance, illuminating all that 

 part of the sky. End of its 

 course hidden by a house. Only 

 two other small meteors 

 (moving from the same radiant, 

 point towards a Tauri) seen be. 

 tween lli^ 40"' and 13^. 



[On the previous evening, March 

 31st, a very brilliant meteor was 

 seen at Ray-Lodge Observatory, 

 Maidenhead, by Mr. Lassell and 

 Dr. Huggins, which lit up the 

 whole sky.] 



Seen against the bright back- 

 ground of the sunset sky, while 

 looking for the planet Mercury. 



Nucleus followed by a short tail 

 of red sparks, which remained 

 visible when the meteor disap- 

 peared. Left no streak. 



W. C. Nash. 



The Surrey Advertiser.' 



H. W. Jackson. 



W. C. Nash. 



T. E. Elger: 'Astrono- 

 mical Register," May 

 1872. 



F. W. Levander : Ibid. 



Mr. Keating. 



S. J. Johnson. 



A. S. Ilerschel. 



