OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 

 observed during the YEARS 1877-78 — continued. 



321 



3 = 2£ ; 3 = 1st mag. ; the 

 rest, 3rd-4th mag. 



Short quick meteors.. 

 Rather slow meteors 

 Very swift meteors . , 



Appearance of the 

 Meteors 



Meteors very slow 



Rather slow meteors 



Very rapid meteors, with 

 bright white streaks. 



A few = 1st mag. stars 

 with streaks lasting 

 several seconds. 



1=2/., streak 3 sees., the 

 rest small. 



1 2nd, 1 3rd mag. ; the rest 

 very small, slow short - 

 pathed meteors. 



Swift, white meteors 



Rapid, short meteors 



Very swift meteors, with 



streaks. 



Short and small (one or two 

 only = 1st mag. *), and 

 seldom leaving- streaks, 



1878. 



Observer or Reference 



D. (77)89 



Id. (77) u 



D. (77)117. 

 D. (77) 142. 



D. (77) 143. 

 D. (77)149. 



B. Vail, C. P. Carr ; ' Am 

 Jour, of Sci.' Jan. 1878 



T. W. Backhouse 

 T. W. Backhouse 



D. (77)157 



D. (77)151 



D. (77)153 



H. Corder 



Comparison with earlier observations, 



and with Comet Showers ; and 



Remarks 



Max. Oct. 18, 3 h 37 m -4 u 44 ra a.m. (four 

 bright ones together at 4 h 28 m a.m.). 

 Seen also Sept. 15, 16 (eight | s ) ; 

 radiant very exact ; sub-radiant of 

 seven \s at 86° + 8°, = T. 79, Oct, 8. 



Seen only on Oct. 8, at 46° + 26°, Oct. 

 15,1876; active, twenty-six 4-s Sept. 

 20-0ct, 25 ; D. 24, 1877. 



Radiant exact ; a very rich shower. 

 ' Muscids.' 



Also Oct. 2-19 (nine J,s) ; a rich shower ; 

 radiant exact. (= S. Z. 163, and 

 Gruber, xvi.) 



The Andromedes ; strongest shower on 

 the 25th; feeble on the 27th. An 

 exact radiant of four swift \s, D. 159, 

 at 54° + 48° on the 27th. = Weiss, 

 52° + 49°, Nov. 27, 1872. 



Radiant exact ; a new shower ; sus- 

 pected also in December. 



A feeble return of the Leonids, their 

 short tracks near Leo's " sickle " 

 (two in two hours on each morning 

 of the 10th and 14th, and one on the 

 14th seen by Mr. Greg) pointed out 

 the radiant most exactly. 



Fifty-four |s in l h 50 m , between 1* 55 m 

 and 3 h 45 m a.m., Nov. 14 ; nearly all 

 Leonids. Seen at Bloomington, Ind 

 Sky after 2 h a.m. quite clear. D. 

 Kirkwood. 



Radiant pretty exact ; seven Leonids 

 and eight other meteors in l h 20 m of 

 clear watch, between 2 h 30 m and 

 6 h 15 m a.m., Nov. 14. 



Twelve meteors (of which six Andro- 

 medes) in about one hour, Nov. 27, 

 p.m. Only two 4- s (both Andro- 

 medes) seen in a short watch on the 

 25th, p.m. ; radiant not very exact. 



An active shower, Nov. 29, p.m. (seen 

 also, D. 121, Oct. 2-18). No Andro- 

 medes in three hours on this date. 



Geminids ; a few seen on Dec. 6, 8, 10, 

 and 12 ; none in l h 15 m on Dec. 14, a.m. 



Radiant exact ; a strong max. on 

 Dec. 8. At 148° + 2° in Nov.-Dec, 

 1876, = i 1813 I. Q (?). 



Greatest horary number (20 or 25) on 

 Dec. 10, 10 h 30 m to ll h 30 m p.m. : less 

 marked on Dec. 9 than a contempo 

 raneous shower of long bright |: 

 with streaks, from i Geminorum, 

 108°+ 28°, scarcely-seen on Dec. 10 ; 

 overcast on the 11th ; a few Geminids 

 on the 12th. 



