OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 295 
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TEP ..o0s s+eeee./Rg ? (Same radiant as the last)..|A very fine meteor with a short|/G. L. Tupman. 
train of sparks. Point of dis-| (Observations of shoot- 
: appearance very accurate. ing-stars, 1869-71.) 
17° vsesseeesere|LOONIG,....s0eeeereeeceeseerseeeees-/Left a streak 6° long for 1 sec....|{d. 
Bene lacesseds TET Vat |e Re sieeests Left a streak 10° long for 2 secs..|Id. 
15° paeeeeaparealeeepeeeeevereeecrces sccscccccosesseenes (Lett a streak 1° long eccceccene seeee Id. 
212 ..reesccecseleerressssperssresecseseorsceeseeseseee-/Wery fine meteor; left a streak|{d. 
5° long, 20' broad, for 5 se- 
conds. 
secveacsreereeseen|{L LOO sssreesesssraeeeee seeeeeepeee/Shower of fine meteors from Leo; |Id. 
radiant-point 151°-+-21°°5. 
20° cesscnscesselerssecressessseerseetessereeepvereeese+(Like Venus in motion; very fine{d. 
meteor. Left scarcely any 
train. Velocity decreased al- 
most to stopping when it dis- 
appeared. 
42° ......,...../Radiant near @ Urs Majoris,|Very fine meteor with train 7° or|ld. 
M,,.- 8° long, but it left no streak. 
salseetsreveneessseesessoeeevererseeaneee-(Nucleus With train of sparks ; left/Id. 
"no streak. 
From a low southern radiant-|Very fine meteor with a train 15°|Id. 
point (T 29), long; left no streak. 
25° ....s000eeee/Alpha-Aquariid. (325—23.) |Left a very brilliant streak 8°|Id. 
(T 33; ?a branch radiant of| long, 1° broad, for 2 seconds. 
Halley’s comet.) 
++es++-|Same radiant as the last .,.,..|Very fine meteor, leaving a streak(!d. 
10° long. 
sessetsoseegeeeees|Prom the same special radiant-|A very fine MeteOr.......ss.cesseeee Id. 
; point as the last. 
40° see eeseserre Heis A, st) petereeesece TOMO ers ererleccnsneneenatertensessssnsssesepenee ses tee Id. 
Between Antinéus and Sagitta-|Left a streak 2° long for 3 secs...|Id. 
rius, 290 —15 (T 36, 37). 
21° ......002...,Perseid. Eight or ten me-|Left a streak 7° for 3 seconds ...|Id. 
| teors on this morning 
from a very definite ra- 
diant-point near « Andro- 
ny tt medz (T 45). 
‘16° ......,.00..,Neumayers 2, (305 — 7),/A fine meteor, leaving a streak 2°\[d. 
near a Capricorni and p| long. 
e Aquarii, (Norma Aqua- 
rii.) 
Ue Ae bareeoasescodec! seccrseeesersereres-(Seen in daylight ...... Dies ekpa se Id. 
JLO° veesesseeees|Byy 5 (2?) srseeeetsereeseereeeeepeee{Nucleus with a very short pointed/Id. 
| train of sparks. 
0° secsessreeee[By OF BG(?) .sssossseeeeeeseeeee(Left a streak 25° long for 3 secs..|Id. 
i Be vaccseksss +o. Schmidt, July, 279°41° ...... A very fine meteOr.........00sccsee Id. 
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f D°. .cesesseeeseee(O Aquarii (T 43,44; Southern|Left a streak 4° long «.........s008 Id 
| radiant of July and August, 
} 340 —15). 
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