A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 143 
Time. Mag. | Colour. | Train. Direction. 
1858./h m 
ug.13}11 37 p.m. 4 white none |From £ Ursz Minoris towards Polaris. 
Extraordinarily brilliant ; I never saw so 
small an object give so much light. 
1 48 p.m. 2 white none |From 6 Persei towards Pleiades. 
0 0 bam 4 white none |From a Persei towards @ Aurige. 
0 015 am 1 white |vis.for 3°|From Polaris towards Castor. 
0 7am. 3 white none |From 6 Cassiopeiz towards 0 Persei. 
017 10am 1 white slight |From y Persei towards y Draconis. 
019 a.m. 1 white none |From p Ursz Majoris towards X Urs Ma- 
joris. 
0 23 a.m. 1 white none |Fromy Ursz Minoris towards» Urse Majoris. 
9 20 p.m. 2 white none {From 7 Urs Majoris towards 7 Bootis. 
9 33 p.m. > 1) white fvivid wh./From # Cygni towards « Aquile. 
10 44 p.m 2 white |vivid wh.|From 6 Lyre towards 8 Ophiuchi. 
10 47 p.m 1 white long /From 7 Pegasi towards « Pegasi. 
10 51 p.m. 3 white none {From ¢ Pegasi towards 6 Lyre. 
0 47 a.m. 1 white none |From Polaris towards « Ophiuchi. No va- 
riation in brilliancy throughout its course. 
0 49 a.m. 2 white none |From « Cygni towards e Aquile. 
Smaller Mereors were observed on every clear evening between August Ist 
and 17th, and numbered from 20 to 30 per hour on the 8th, 11th, and 12th. 
Additional Notes on the Meteors of August 8th and 13th. 
August 8th, 112 42™ 308 p.m.—This meteor (which was the finest of the 
period), when first seen, appeared the size of a star of the first magnitude ; 
after passing somewhat obliquely for about 5°, and in- 
creasing in size, it suddenly threw off a shower of in- 
tensely brilliant green sparks, and at the same instant 
_ disappeared ; just as the sparks were fading away, it 
reappeared about 3° lower, of a pale pink colour, and 
much larger than before; after passing about 4° further, 
it assumed a globular form and instantaneously disap- 
peared. At this time its apparent diameter was between 
5' and 6’. The accompanying sketch is copied from 
the original in the Observation Book. It must, how- 
ever, be understood that the appearances were really 
in succession. 
August 13th,11" 32™ p.m.—This meteor was remark- aC 
able for varying from considerably brighter than a first Ls ba: 
ae 
magnitude star to less than a fourth at intervals of 
about 7°. 
