OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOtTS METEORS. 



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Length of 

 Path. 



N. to S. 



14^ 



Zigzagjath. 



Dh'ection or Radiant-point. 



Fell vertically ; radiant in Pe^ 

 gasus. 



Directed from y Andromedoe, 

 and from \ (7, ■>]) Persei. 



Appearance; Remarks, &c. 



Burst like a rocket, the fragments 

 illuminating a large area of the 

 sky. 



Observer. 



The Western Tele- 

 graph,' Thursday, 

 April 10th, 1873. 



Nucleus pear-shaped with a long T. Crumplen. 

 broad tail, and leaving a few 

 sparks along its track. 



A magnificent fireball. Nucleus 

 of very intense light, separated 

 into two halves and afterwards 

 into numerous pieces which 

 immediately became extinct. 



Left a streak 



Radiant Oj (Neumayer). 



Directed from \ (e, jj) Pegasi., 



Left a streak. Imperfect view of 

 its course among clouds, be- 

 hind some of which it may pos 

 sibly have disappeared. 



[A bright meteor on the same 

 evening at 9" 33™. See the 

 foregoing list.] 



A very beautiful meteor; left a 

 faint streak. 



Left a streak. Nuclcusvery bright; 

 appeared occasionally through 

 the clouds (between which the 

 moon shone) as if below them. 

 Nearly approached the horizon ; 

 disappeared with an explosion 



W. Bowman and other 

 observers. (Commu. 

 nicated by W. F. 

 Denning.) 



W. F. Denning. 



J. Lucas. 



T. W. Backhouse. 



Inclined about 70° to a verti- 

 cal direction, thus : — 



Seen through the window of 

 well-lighted room. The view 

 of the beginning and end were 

 perhaps intercepted, and no 

 streak was certainly percept- 

 ible. 



J. Lucas. 



H. W. Jackson. 

 W. II. Wood. 



Miss Ilerschel. 



E. Worsdell. Commu- 

 nicated by J. E. Clark, 



