OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Length of 

 Path. 



Direction or Radiant-point, 



(Terminal part'Directed from ij Aquilae. 

 2° or 3°.) 



Form of the streak : 





Coratitu/ 

 « 



Shot southwards. 



33° 



Appearance, Remarks, &c. 



Observer 

 or Reference. 



Not a Perseid; radiant appa 

 rently in Aquila. 



End of course only seen, dis- T. W. Backhouse, 

 appearing behind trees, with 

 a strong glow extending many 

 degrees round. Streak 2° 

 long left for three seconds, 

 1° or 2° above the point of 

 disappearance. 



Left a streak visible for 50 se- 

 conds, which became curved 

 hke a reaping-hook before 

 disappearing. Also seen at 

 Lytham (coast of Lancashire), 

 at ll"" 18"" P.M. ; apparent path 

 near the zenith and to the 

 southward. 



Meteor like a long pale-green 

 flash, leaving an orange train 

 for fully a minute. 



Left a long train. [For a descrip 

 tion of this meteor's course at 

 Folkestone, see Appendix IIL, 

 Periodic Meteor-showers.] 



A fine Perseid ; left a streak fo: 

 5 or 6 seconds. [Identical witli 

 the last meteor.] 



S. J. Johnson. 

 (' Exeter & Plymouth 

 Gazette.') 



H. Corder. 

 (' Astronomical Re- I 

 gister,' Sept. 1876.) j 



Communicated by J. 

 Lucas. 



R. P. Greg. 



Nucleus pear-shaped, emittiiigiW. F. Denning, 

 sparks as it rolled along, buti 

 leaving no persistent streak 

 visible in the hazy sky. 



J. Lucas. 



