OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Length of 

 Path. 



Direction or Apparent 

 Radiant-point. 



Appearance; Remarks. 



Not a long Directed from ? Coronas to- A Lyrai'd. Left a streali for a 

 course. wards Ky, A) Bootis. moment after the head vanished 



Directed towards a point at 

 about a = 181°, ^=^+9°. 



Vertically down, as from Cor 

 Caroli. 



Observer. 



T. W. Backliouse. 



Directed from S Virginis 



Directed towards f Leonis 



Pegasid 



[From a radiant north of Ursa Id. 

 Major.] 



Left no streak. (Direction of 

 path imperfectly observed). 



Lyrai'd , 



Lyraid. Nucleus undefined. Left 

 a streak. 



/ 



Its course prolonged onwards 

 must have passed between 

 « and jj Bootis 



Radiant Polaris [? or e Cassio- 

 peiiEJ. 



Radiant x Persei. 



Left a streak 



Left a well - defined train just 

 north of Cor Caroli for 7 

 seconds. 



[Seen also at Tooting, near 

 London, "in the north going 

 towards Richmond," i. e.. west- 

 wards, and bursting out with 

 sparks like a rocket, as it 

 travelled. (Communicated by 

 H. W. Jackson.)] 



A. S. Herschel. 



Id. 



T. W. Backhouse. 

 J. Lucas. 



W. F. Denning. 



J. Lucas. 



W. F. Denning. 



Left a streak for a second , 



T. Crumplen. 



W. F. Denning. 



Left a bright streak. A beautiful H. W. Jackson, 

 explosion at the end of its 

 course. 



