A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Length of 

 Path. 



Direction. 



Appearance ; Remarks, &c. 



Observer. 



Fell vertically 



Descending with a 

 sUglitly eastward 

 slope. 



Nucleus gloljular, surrounded at 



last by flickering radiations. 



Disappeared without explosion. 



Left no sparks nor luminous 



streak. Sky hazy, with a lunar 



halo. 

 Increased from a first-magnitude 



star to beyond the brightness 

 . of Venus. Left a transient train. 

 a= d = 



Estimated /From 172° +10° 

 path...l to 188-5- 19-5. 



T. Fawcett : ' Nature,' 

 April 25th, 1872. 



Communicated by 

 J. E. Clark. 



Directed like the last meteor, Disappeared with some quickly 



from radiant M^ near n 

 Majoris. 



Ursse 



Fell vertically , 



I 



[From radiant M^ 

 in Ursa Major.] 



Descended at an angle of about 

 45' towards the N.W. hori- 



extinguished sparks. The sparks 

 left upon its course appeared to 

 follow the meteor. Very bril 

 liant even in the moon's light. 



Left a short sparkling streak, 

 which advanced along the me- 

 teor's course, and appeared 

 more conspicuous than the 

 head. Last 5° of the meteor's 

 flight only seen. 



A beautiful meteor, even in bright 

 moonlight. The streak ap- 

 peared to brighten up after 

 the disappearance of the nu- 

 cleus. 



zon. 



/ 



Fell vertically from the direc- 

 tion of Ursa Major. 



J. E. Clark. 



Miss M. R. Ilerscheland 

 Miss J. Herschel. 



S. n. Miller. 



Mr. Keating. 



ut40'^ 



Descending with a slight slope. 



S.E. to N.W. 



White in the first, and red in the|A. S. Herschel. 



last half of its course ; broke at 



last into two or three red sparks, 



which immediately disappeared. 



Left no streak. 

 Nucleus kite-shaped ; disappeared T. Crumplen. 



gradually, left no streak. Seen 



among clouds which partially 



covered the sky. 

 Pear-shaped, leaving some sparksiT. Usborne. 



in its course. Disappeared with- 

 out bursting. 



The meteor displayed two globes 

 of light, and appeared to burst 

 at a great elevation. 



H. E. Cockayne. 



