OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 

 observed, chiefly in the Years 1878-1879— continued. 



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Length of 

 Path 



Direction or Radiant-point 



10° 



Appearance, Remarks, &c. 



Observer or Reference 



Nucleus pear-shaped, thus, 



About 

 its 

 seen, 



25° of 

 course 



Fell vertically ; near Ceti 



An Aurigid ; radiant on this 

 night at 87° + 42°, near 

 Auriga;. 



Directed from y Andromeda? 



J. Hopper. 



throwing off 



above it. 

 Left no streak 



several sparks 



Left streak 7° long on 

 latter part of its course. 



the 



Directed from 2 (8, y) Ursa? 

 majoris. 



10° . 



7 o 



The meteor at starting was not 

 much brighter than Saturn, 

 but when bursting at last 

 into several sparks (which 

 fell downwards about 1°), it 

 threw shadows in spite of the 

 moon, then 1 1 days' old. 



Nucleus with only a very short, 

 if any, train. No meteor 

 seen before to last so long. 



Beginning not seen ; diminished 

 to a mere point at last ; left 

 no streak. 



E. F. Sawyer. Boston 



' Science Observer,' 



vol. ii. p. 26. 

 W. F .Denning. ' The 



Observatory,' vol. ii. 



p. 243. 

 E. F. Sawyer. Boston 



' Science Observer,' 



vol. ii. p. 27. 

 Communicated by W. 



F. Denning. ' Thr 



Observatory,' vol. ii 



p. 243. 

 Id. Ibid. 



T. W. Backhouse. 



T. Brewin. (Communi- 

 cated by G. L. Tuj 

 man.) 



9° 



From i (£ i) Ceti to near Fo- 

 malhaut. 



Vivid green, with a faint train 

 when brightest, casting a 

 glow all round. Faded 2° 

 before extinction to bright- 

 ness of Sirius, and disap- 

 peared rather suddenly. A 

 splendid meteor. 



Seen through haze . 



1870. 



!. F. Sawyer. Boston 

 ' Science Observer, 

 vol. ii. p. 27. 



Id. 



T. W. Backhouse. 



E. F. Sawyer. Boston 

 ' Science Observer,' 

 vol. ii. p. 27. 



