A CATALOGUE OP OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 85 



Direction or Altitude. 



General remarks. 



2 a.m. ; the number seen was about 70 per 

 4 would give 280 per hour. Most of them 

 bably the smaller ones were eclipsed by 

 traced back to a point situated midway 

 teors the furthest removed from this point 

 Close to the point, the meteors only to 

 detect on this very point, appeared, in- 

 yeUowish in colour, and had short lin- 



From midway between Algol 

 and Polaris, down towards 

 N.W. horizon at an angle of 

 45°. 



A stationary meteor, at the 

 point of convergence of all 

 the meteors situated half-way 

 between a. and /3 Persei. 



Above a dozen meteors seen 

 gave the same point of diver 

 gence. The meteors much 

 less numerous to-night. 



Fell across Aurora Borealis 

 perpendicularly down from 

 slightly E. of Gemini. 



Shot from the cupola of the 

 Aurora, which was situated 

 near y Andromeda;, and 

 moved towards y Arietis. 



Another shot from the same 

 spot, moving to 9> Andro- 

 medae. 



It did not move 

 amongst the 



stars. 



Brilliant Aurora. 



Aurora Borealis 

 brilliant. 



Tlace. 



Observatory, 

 Beeston. 



Ibid., 



Ibid. 



Scarborough 



Observatory, 

 Beeston. 



Ibid. 



Observer. 



Reference. 



E. J. Lowe, Esq. Mr. Lowe's MS 



Ibid, 



Id. 

 Id. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 



Id. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



at Wrottesley Observatory. 



Descending for 10° above the 

 pole towards W. horizon. 



In E. moving slowly southward, 

 altitude 1 5°, parallel to hori- 

 zon through about 35°. 



Moon shining. Me- 

 teor seenthrough 

 opening of equa- 

 torial. 



10° below pole, parallel to ho 



rizon. 

 In S. going W., at altitude 35° 



or 40°. 



In Pegasus. 



From S. to N. a few degrees 

 below the moon. 



Many smaller du 

 ring the night in 

 various parts. 



Seen through open- 

 ing of dome 

 Moon full. 



Wrottesley Ob 

 servatory, 

 Wolverhamp- 

 ton. 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid. 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Mr. F. Morton. 



Id 



Id 



Id 



Id 



Id 



Id 



Id 



Id 



M S. communication 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



