OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



205 



OF LARGE METEORS, 

 SHOOTING-STARS, 1874-75. 



Length of 

 Path. 



To near the 

 horizon. 



20= 



20° 

 15° 



16° 



Direction or Radiant-point. 



Fell vertically , 



Perseid 

 Perseid 



1 



33° 



28° 

 40° 



17° 



Directed from i (j3/n) Pegasi.. 



Perseid 



Perseid. 



Perseid 



Appearance, Remarks, &c. 



J. C. Jackson. [W. 

 Darby.] ' Astrono- 

 mical Register,' No- 

 vember 1870 (mis- 

 printed in the former 

 Report, " September 

 1870"). 



H. Corder. 



' Madras Tiroes,' Aug, 

 11th. ' Astronomical 

 Register,' November 

 1874. 



A. S. Herschel. 



Radiant ij Persei 



Nucleus like an elongated drop ; 

 burst as it approached the 

 horizon with a profusion of 

 sparks. (Seen also at Bushey, 

 Watford, like a magnesium 

 light, bursting into three green 

 and three white stars. The 

 flash of light was noticed by 

 Mr. Lucas at the Radclitfe Ob- 

 servatory, Oxford ; see these 

 Reports,' 1873, p. 373.) 

 Followed by a short yellow train 



and yellow sparks at the end of 



its course. Seen by another 



observer to rise almost from 



the horizon at its first appear- 

 ance. 

 Exploded with a loud noise ; 



caused a superstitious terror 



among the natives of Mysore. 



Two fine meteors following each 



other nearly together, leaving 



streaks for about 3 seconds. 



Several others nearly at the 



same time. 

 Left a streak. [This and the J. E. Clark. 



next meteor identical with the 



last pair.] 

 Left a magnificent streak for 8 



seconds. Four other meteors 



in 2 minutes. 

 Left a streak for 2 seconds. Per- A. S. Herschel. 



seid (?) ; position of apparent 



course not well observed. 

 Left a streak. [Identical with the J. E. Clark. 



last.] 



Left a streak brightest in middle A. S. Herschel. 



of its course for 4^ seconds. 

 Left a streak for 2 seconds. J. E. Clark. 



[Identical with the last.] 

 Left a long streak brightest in A. S. Herschel. 



the middle of its course for 8 



seconds. 

 Left a streak for 4 seconds; Per- J. E. Clark, 

 seid. [Identical with the last 

 meteor.] 

 Left a streak 7 seconds 



Observer 

 and Reference. 



J. E. Clark. 



W. H. Wood. 



