OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEOUS. 



117 



Length of 

 Path. 



122°, extreme- 

 ly long course. 



\bout 1000 

 miles. 



46° 



52° 



(30°) 



Direction or Radiant-point. 



Direction from N. to S. 



Radiant in Leo Minor, then on 

 the N.E. horizon. (Posi- 

 tion, in degrees, from 135°, 

 +66° to 334°, +10 c .) 



Radiant in the south, or east 

 part of Capricornus, a little 

 south of the ecliptic. 



[Radiant, from this and the 

 next two observations, near 

 y Eridani, at 58°, -12 

 See further notes regard- 

 ing it, by Mr. Denning, in 

 Appendix II., pp. 135, 142.] 



Radiant-point in Fluvius Eri- 

 danus; 96, Tupman, or 16) 

 of the B.A. Catalogue, 1874. 



Radiant of shooting-stars on 

 this evening apparently near 

 those stars in Ursa Major, 

 but clouds made its determi 

 nation doubtful. 



Appearance, Remarks, &c. 



Twilight and thin clouds pre- 

 vented any stars from yet ap- 

 pearing. 



Grew alternately slow and faint, 

 and again brighter and more 

 rapid, until it was spent in a 

 thin wreath of white sparks, 

 lasting about l - 5 second. 



Broke, in midcourse, into 20 or 

 100 lesser fireballs ; detonating. 

 A. stonefall. 



Bright nucleus, with a tail of fire 

 in its wake about 2° in length. 



Motion unsteady with a slight 

 undulation, as if forcing its way 

 with difficulty. Matter appa- 

 rently projected from the head 

 formed a long train behind it. 

 Part of the course at last hidden 

 by houses. The meteor reap- 

 pearing, burst with a flash at 

 extinction. 



The meteor halted for 2 seconds 

 near a. Canum Venaticorum, and 

 a faint portion then left a train 

 for several degrees further. 

 Several meteors were seen on 

 on the same evening which 

 equalled Jupiter in brightness, 

 for the most part with unusu 

 ally slow motions. 



Observer 

 or Reference. 



' Nature,' vol. xv. p. 

 278. 



' Nature,' vol. xv. p. 

 170, Dec. 21, 1870. 



W. F. Denning. 



[See the Appendices on 

 Large and Aerolitic 

 Meteors in this Re- 

 port, pp. 150 and 192.] 



"J. L. M C C." 

 (W. F. Denning; 

 ' Nature,' vol. xv. p. 

 346). 



W. II. Wood. 

 ' Nature,' vol. xv. p. 

 295. (Feb. 1st, 1877.) 



Nature,' vol. xv. p. 

 244. (Jan. 11th, 

 1877.) 



