OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Length of 

 Path. 



Direction or Radiant-point. 



Appearance, Remarks, &c. 



Observer 

 and Reference. 



16° 



From Radiant A,, near a Persei, Seen through much haze ; left 



No. 38 in Greg's general list. 

 [See last year's Report.] 



15° or 20° 



Globular nucleus ; leaving no 

 sparks nor streak. Apparent 

 course nearly as shovrn in the 

 sketch. 



l30° 



15° or 16° .. 



On a line produced from /8 tj 

 Pegasi. 



Short course. 



Obliquely downwards 



no visible streak on its course. 



W. F. Denning, 



' Astronomical Re- 

 gister,' May 1875. 



J. Hopper. 



Meteor without sparks or streak 

 Apparent course about as repre- 

 sented in the sketch. 



Id, 



Probably a Perse'id (or ? Pegasid) 

 Nucleus with very broad brU. 

 liant blue train. 



T. Crumplen. 



M. S. Hardcastle. 



Expanded to middle of its course, 

 where it diffused a bright green 

 light, and continuing about i a 

 second further disappeared ab- 

 ruptly. Left a broad reddish 

 gold-coloured train, about 5° 

 (from a to b), on the middle of 

 its course. 



Id, 



1875. 



