OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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OBSERVED DURING THE YEARS 1877-78. 



Appearance of the 

 Meteors 



Observer, or Reference 



Comparisons with earlier observations, 



and with Comet Showers ; and 



Remarks 



Fine slow meteors ; two 

 bolides, Jan. 4 and 7. 



Strong shower of bright 

 slow 4 s - 



Rapid bright meteors 

 Ditto 



D. (77) 2, (' Nature,' xv. 

 346). 



D. (77) 1, ('English 

 Mechanic,' March 2, 

 1877). 



D. (77) 13 



D. (77) 14 



D.(77)15 

 D. (77) 22 



D. (77) 39 



D. (77) 40 



H. Corder (Writtle, 

 Chelmsford). 



D. (77)46 



D. (77) 49 



Swift white meteors, with 

 streaks. 



Very swift meteors 



D. (77) 53 



D. (77) 57 

 D. (77) 55 



D. (77) 59 

 D. (77) 62 

 D. (77) 75 



Parabolic velocity 12, bolide of Jan. 7 

 at least 19 m. per sec. (?). (These 

 Reports, 1877, pp. 135, 142.) 



Meteors tailed, but left no streaks. 

 Only seen between Jan, 4 and 20 ; a 

 few of these tracks are from other 

 observers' lists. Radiant new for 

 January. 



Radiant exact ; a strong morning 

 shower. 



Radiant exact ; a rich morning shower. 

 (Corder, Jan. 27, 263° + 36°.) 



Ditto ; ditto. 



Ditto ; confirms SZ. 46, April 1, 

 261° + 47°. 



Ditto ; a rich shower. GH. 53, 

 227° - 5°, March 20— May 29. 



Lyrids at 274° + 37° in 1873 and 1874. 

 = Comet I, 1861. Only five Lyrids 

 seen in five hours on the morning of 

 April 20th. 



Lyrids not numerous ; thirteen in about 

 two hours, with this radiant on the 

 morning of April 20th. 



A rich and probably new shower. Cor- 

 der, April— May, 208° - 6°. [(?) = 

 Forshey, April 18, 1841, 198° - 7° ; 

 a fine shower ; and bolide May 12, 

 1878, 214°- 7°.] 



Andromedes I ; G 103 ; very active ; 

 diffuse; recurs Aug. 3-16; distinct 

 from o' Andromedes of the same 

 dates (Denza," Aug. 8-13, 2° + 29°); 

 = 4 1780 II., Aug. 14, 3° + 3«° (?). 



Cassiopeiads ; a fine shower, radiant 

 exact ; (SZ. 130, 138). Distinct from 

 D. 78, Aug. 3-16, fifteen 4,s, at 18° 

 + 63°. Continues in Sept. and Oct. 



Strong max. July 20 ; T. 37, 44, July 

 21, 22, 313° - 6°. 



A well-marked radiant. GH. Aug. 10, 

 1871, 293° + 42°. (A strong radiant 

 on same dates at 315° + 50°, near o 

 Cygni; ? = Coggia's g, 1874, III.) 



A distinct shower in Aquarius; (at 

 336° - 7°, five 4,s, July 6-17 ?). 



Lacertids ; a very active August shower. 

 The real centre is at 334° + 48°. 



A new shower, with max. on Aug. 4. 

 Another active shower of short swift 

 meteors, Aug. 3-16, with exact ra- 

 diant at 30° + 36°(nearj8Trianguli), 

 D. 91, recurs Oct. 2-18 (max. Oct. 8) 

 at 31° + 39°, ten js, D. 124. 



