OBSERVATIONS OP LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Length of 

 Path. 



Direction or Radiant-point. 



[Radiant (or stationary point 

 of foreshortened path) at 

 323°, +11°.] 



Appearance, Remarks, &c. 



Observer 

 or Reference. 



It had no visible motion, J. K. Esdaile. 

 but flashed out and dis- 

 appeared just as if the sky 

 had opened and shown the 

 moon through, and then 

 closed again. 



Descended to the right, or Sky foggy. A train of cousider- 

 northwards, at an inclination able length and brightness fol- 

 of 30° to the vertical line ol lowed the head or nucleus of 

 the chimney, where it reach- the meteor 

 ed it. 



. Descending obliquely 

 northerly direction. 



I 



M. Gruey. 



' Comptes Rendns,' 

 vol. lxxxiv. p. 1462. 

 (June 18, 1877.) 



a In spite of daylight and'Newspaper paragraph, 

 moonlight, which were both Communicated by 

 strong in the clear western sky. 1 \Y. F. Denning, 

 the meteor was yet distinctly 

 visible. 



(Perhaps from the same radiant- C. Holt. 



point as the other bright me- ! (Communicated by 

 teors noted on this evening ) W, F. Denning.) 



Path carefully represented by 

 the stars. 



Descending slightly (about 15°) 

 from horizontal. 



(Radiant apparently Schmidt's, 

 for June and Julv, at 260" 

 -10°.) 



A fine bolide, seen in twilight. 

 Burst, leaving a trail of sparks. 



W. S. Clark. 



The star Spica identified by Mr. A 

 Denning with Mr. Carell on a 

 following evening. 



Moved 



thus- 



' The Natural History 

 Journal,' vol. i. p. 97. 

 (Sept. 1877.) 

 S. Carell. 



(Communicated by 

 W. F. Denning.) 



quite horizontally, ! Left very little train or light- F. W. Gayner. 



track ; but the size of the (Communicated by 

 meteor and its blaze of light! Wr F. Denning.) 

 were quite surprising. 



First appeared from be- 

 hind a house, and disap- 

 peared behind a knot of elm 

 trees. 



