OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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principally in the years 1878-1879 — continued. 



Distances in British Statute Miles ' ra.' 



Length of Path 

 and Velocity 



About 70 m. (The duration 

 of the meteor's flight was 

 not recorded.) 



About 85 m. in about 2 

 sees, (first part of the 

 flight). Velocity uncer- 

 tain. 



124 m. in 3-5 sees. ; 6 esti- 133° + 19° ( ± 3°) ; near 



Observed Radiant 

 Point 

 8 



354° + 1°; at APisciurn. 

 [The radiant-point of 

 Clausen's / is in this 

 constellation from 

 mid - November to 

 February. 



90° +55° ( ± 10°) ; near 

 S Aurigaj. (Direction 

 not very well deter 

 mined.) 



Nearest known Radiant Point, and Remarks 

 a 8 



350° + 2° Dec. 12, 1877 ; Denning. A radiant 

 of very slow meteors, one of them a fireball. 

 4+4 December, Schmidt. 



American ' Philosophical Society's Proceedings. 

 May 2, 1879 ; p. 241. 



mates ; average velocity 

 18 m. p. sec. (Parabolic 

 speed 23 m. p. sec.) 



124 m. in ' 10 sees. ' (and 

 60 m. in ' 5 sees. ') ; two 

 estimates of duration ; 

 velocity about 12£ m. 

 p. sec. (Parabolic speed 

 11 m. p. sec.) 



About 124 m. Duration i From 

 not certainly estimated. 



S Cancri. 



52° - 10° ( ± 5°) : 



7 Eridani. 



About 85 m. in 2-5 sees. 

 Length of path and 

 duration not exactly de 

 termined. 



alt. about 47° 

 S.W. by S. (corre- 

 sponding to 142° + 14°; 

 between Leo and 

 Cancer). 



130° + 20°, Dec. 21-Jan. 5, 1876-7, Denning; 

 g 1680, Dec. 26, 132° + 21-5°; fireball, Jan. 

 19, 1877 (Ireland) 135-5° + 22° (von Niessl). 

 The ' Cancrids ' of January. — Vienna Acad. 

 'Sitzungsberichte,' vol. lxxix., May 8, 1879. 



57°_12°, Jan. 4-20, 1877; Dec. 2, 1877. And 

 fireball of Jan. 7, 1877, England; 48° -11° 

 (von Niessl). — Ibid. 



Apparently a Jan.-Feb. 'Cancrid;' 133° + 26°, 

 Feb. 13, S.Z. 32; and # 1833 ?j, Jan. 27, 

 135° + 25° (?). American ' Philosoph. Soc. 

 Proceedings,' May 2, 1879, p. 243. 



Between 135° and 145° 

 = a, and 0° and + 10° 

 = 8 ; near the head of 

 Hydra. 



141° _ 2°, Jan. 1-March 16, Greg 15, 1876; 

 145° + 8°, Feb. 24, 1878; stationary, 4th 

 mag. meteor ; E. F. Sawyer. 



About 87 m. in (?) 6 or 8 310° ( ± 15°), + 55° 



sees. Velocity about 14± 

 m. p. sec. (Parabolic 

 speed about 18 m. p. 

 sec.) 



(±10°) (alt. 32° N 

 39° E.) ; provisionally 

 given by the adopted 

 real path ; near x Ce- 

 phei. 



No previously observed radiant at this place in 

 February-March. 



