OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEOR^. 



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Long path ...'Radiant at a Persei j Left no streak. Seen by F. Den- 

 ning ; the recorded path from 

 description. 



, A fireball recorded in the watch 

 for meteors kept at the Ob- 

 servatory of the Luxembourg 

 in March 1876. Mean hourly 

 number of meteors for the 

 month 2'1 ; ordinary average 

 for the month 5-6. 



Directed from between Procyon Pear-shaped nucleus, emitting ^^'^- F- Denning, 

 ' ~ faint sparks as it rolled along; 



left no streak. 



\V. F. Denning. 



Chapelas Coulvier Gra- 

 vier. ' Comptes 

 Rendns,' vol. Ixxxii. 

 p. 924. 



A beautiful meteor; seen in the ^- Humphrey, 

 western twilight. ! 



I 



Detonating; burst with a loud (See Appendix IL, 

 report. Large Meteors.) 



2G- 



21 ' 



; Radiant in Aquarius 



Id. 



Very fine meteor ; left sparks and W. F. Denning, 

 a train. 



Left a bright train for 2 seconds 



Radiant in Cassiopeia ILeft no streak. 



, 'Train. [Identical with the last 

 I meteor.] 



Id. 

 [d. 



J. Lucas. 



.At first small, and appeared to be Jolin Lane. 

 I getting red-hot; then burst j Communicated by 

 j forth with a vivid green flarae,| W. F. Denning. ^ 



which continued to near tlie 

 I end of its path, when it seemed 

 ] to be burned out and disap- 

 I peared. 



(See also Appendix 

 II., Large Meteors. > 



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