"Direction or Altitude. 
ed from « Pegasi to Jupi-|. 
ter, burst into three balls, 
“which fell perpendicularly 
Serene eee ee ee eesereeesressesees 
almost | perpendicularly 
down, but inclining slightly 
_W., starting from a position 
‘about 3° perpendicularly un- 
der Jupiter, and falling 20°. 
ed through Ursa Major 
endicularly down from 6 
minorum. 
horizontally across 8 Arie- 
tis from the direction of Ju- 
_piter. 
down through Aries 
_§.S.E., moving downwards 
towards S. at an angle of 50°, 
and passing from about half- 
_ way between » and ¢ Hydre 
to near No. 19 in Argo Navis. 
‘n all directions, especially near 
the zenith. 
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General remarks. 
— 
Several meteors ... 
The colour of the 
meteor different 
to that of the 
streak. Aurora 
Borealis at the 
time. 
Many meteors, espe- 
cially about 11 
o’clock. 
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The form circular 
and well-defined. 
The meteor came 
from behind a 
dense cloud, and 
had the appear- 
ance of passing 
beneath some 
woolly cumuli; 
yet probably this 
was a deception. 
Manysmall meteors, 
but their paths 
not noted, as at- 
tention was taken 
up with a magni- 
ficent Aurora Bo- 
realis which was 
occurring at the 
time. (See April 
10th.) 
This meteor, when 
it met a corusca- 
tion of Aurora 
Borealis,instantly 
became golden & 
much brighter. 
. povercast, except an opening 
in E.S.E. at 10° above hori- 
zon. The meteor appeared 
in this opening. 
. at an altitude of 30° mo- 
ng towards S.W. horizon, at 
an angle of 45°. 
oved from Vulpecula through 
4 Aquile. 
starting in the zenith and pass- 
ing down through 8 Lyre to 
fa 
_ @ Herculis. 
Night hot, temp. 65° 
oe ere reer 
Place. Observer. 
Highfield House|E. J. Lowe ...... 
Observatory. 
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Tbid........000..00s UG eccrrcece Seeeess 
bidessach. adnensas UG Cee careoccedoooate 
TD1dscnsceseaseace salilcccenenens “psssar 
Thid.. scccexonseass Weresetesss Cec ce 
Tbid......c-sesccoes Udupessacauset vee 
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Observatory, elsoaraseenper ai eess 
Beeston. 
Ubidsewacesaresseeee Midis stcememe tenses 
Similar in every re- 
spect to the last. 
A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 
149 
Reference. 
MS.communication 
to Prof. Powell. 
Ibid. 
Ibid. 
Mr. Lowe’s MS. 
Ibid. 
Ibid. 
