OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 

 THE YEAR ENDING IN AUGUST, 1878 — continued. 



Length of 

 Path 



Direction or Radiant-point 



Appearance, Remarks, &c. 



(Length of 

 the trail 

 fully i of 

 the visible 

 heavens.) 



5° or 6° of the 

 end of path, 

 only, seen. 



Ascended obliquely as in the Head with a fan- shaped tail of 



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Observer or 

 Reference 



sketch. 



The larger one, and two other 

 meteors, from a very exact 

 radiant-point in Quadrans, 

 at 234° + 48°. 



Descending obliquely east- 

 wards, at an angle of 70° 

 from horizontal. (In a 

 slanting direction from 

 west to east.) 



Straight from the head of 

 Draco, and from Lyra. 



Fell almost vertically. (From 

 about S. by W. to N. by E.) 



sparks, as in the sketch. 



V. Cornish. (Com- 

 municated by W. F. 

 Denning.) 



Two fine meteors, among twenty 

 five seen in three hours. Four 

 or five Cassiopeiads, from 

 about 10° + 52°. 



A string of brilliant beads 15° 

 in length formed its train, 

 and vanished with it. (Burst 

 into myriads of luminous red 

 fragments. The flash double ; 

 a ball of lurid flame when 

 disappearing, leaving a long 

 trail along its track).] 



Not much trail or sparks visible 

 more than 1 sec. after disap- 

 pearance of the head. The 

 first flash brighter than the 

 light at last. Disappeared 

 suddenly. 



The flash while observing Jupi- 

 ter with a telescope. The 

 meteor just glimpsed when 

 disappearing ; a track as 

 marked as that of a rocket 

 remained visible long enough 

 to record its place exactly. 



The appearance something like 

 the sketch ; leaving no track 

 on its path after the second 

 burst of light. (A ball of fire 

 with unusually long tail at- 

 tached.) 



W. F. Denning. 



R. Wilson. (J. R, 

 Norman ; ' Observer,' 

 &c.) The ' Manches- 

 ter Examiner and 

 Times.' 



R. P. Greg. 



Thomas Kay. (' Man- 

 chester Examiner 

 and Times,' July 31, 

 1876; communicated 

 by R. P. Greg.) 



Edward Barker. Com- 

 municated by W. F. 

 Denning. (' Man- 

 chester Examiner 

 and Times,' August 

 22.) 



