OBSERVATIONS OP LUMINOUS METEORS. 



3g: 



Length of 

 Path. 



Direction or Apparent 

 Radiant-point. 



Appearance; Remarks. 



Radiant R G 



Siiort course. 



[25-] 



Towards Tarandus 



[E. to W.] Inclination about 

 40" to the horizon. 



Left sparks and smoke on its 

 track. Position of apparent 

 path carefully observed. A 

 sound as of an explosion was 

 heard 3 seconds after its disap- 

 pearance. 



Left a streak 



Observer. 



E. B. Gardiner. Com- 

 municated by W. F. 

 Denning. 



T. Cruraplen. 



Left no streak ...Miss Herschel 



W. F. Denning. 



J0° Directed from i (o, «) Serpentis 



Illuminated the clouds brightly 



in the northern sky. [Seen 



also at Manchester as a large 



fireball ; vivid blue, duration 



10 seconds ; moving from 



S.E. to N.W.]. (Detonating. 



See Appendix II.) 

 Nucleus with a long streak orj' Nature,' Feb. G, 1873. 



train as wide as half the appa-| 



rent diameter of the moon, and 



of mingled colours. 



.[Radiant Vega Lyroe 



Left a streak for 2 seconds (:) 

 Readily compared with Venus, 

 which was only a few de- 

 grees off. Had two distinct 

 maxima. The point of termi 

 nation more correctly observed 

 than the commencement. 



Sky rather cloudy. Several 

 bright meteors were visible 

 this evening, without parti- 

 cular attention being paid to 

 note them. 



Lyraid. Left no streak 



H. W. Jackson. 



W. F. Dennina:. 



A. S. Herschel. 



[From Cerberus] 



Lyraid , 



Lvraid. 



Lyraid. Left a bright streak last-!A. K. Brown and T. II 

 ing, with the meteor, 1-J second. Waller, 



Left a streak. [The agreement 

 of this observation with that 

 of the next meteor, both in 

 time and in apparent position 

 is very doubtful and imper. 

 feet.] 



Left a slight streak 



J. Lucas, 



J. E, Clark. 



Left a white streak for ^ a second ;'a. S. Herschel. 

 brightest in the middle of itsi 

 course. 



