To right, 30° from hori- At Cambridge, three Rev. J.L. Challis. zontal; down. observers recorded 15 shooting stars from 10 to 11 p.m. Arthur Bowden. A flash Like a gaslight suddenly lighted and then put out. Fell about 2° and seemed 2°. to burst. Vertical; down E. to W. Luminous track 30° to 35° ? Laminous track of inter-? mediate length, broken up. Tail endured 1 second Vertical; down Samuel Horton. Rev. J. L. Challis. and 25° To right, 45° from horizontal; down. D. Walker, M.D. T. Crumplen and J. Townsend. Vertical; down ......... At Greenwich, two ob- J. Howe. servers recorded 6 shooting-stars; very cloudy. At Cambridge, three Arthur Bowden. observers recorded 6 shooting-stars; cloudy. To left; 10° from verti- At Birkenhead, one D. Walker, M.D. ......... To right; horizontal observer recorded 32 At Deal, one observer re- Herbert McLeod. Shot out from the (cloudy); 3 of these W. C. Nash. clouds. To right; 15° from vertical; down. left tracks of light. D. Walker, M.D. To left; 15° from vertical; down. Id. To right; 45° from vertical; down. Id. or 7 shooting-stars in 10° or 12°.. Almost vertical Id. 12° and burst. Tail endured 1 second ... 55° succession; fell 10° or Left no track W. De la Rue, Id. At Greenwich, two ob- Id. servers recorded 33 shooting-stars 10 to 11 p.m. from At Cambridge, three observers recorded 30 shooting-stars 10 to 11 p.m., from At Cranford, one observer recorded 29 shooting-stars 10 to 11 p.m. from At Birkenhead, one ob Id. server recorded 16 Id. shooting-stars 10 to 11 p.m. from ?...........To right; 6° from verti- At Deal, one observer Id. ? cal; down. To right; 6° from verti cal; down. ......... To right; 25° from vertical; down. recorded 9 shooting stars from 10.20 to W. C. Nash. 11 p.m. At Trafalgar Square, London, two observ-W. De la Rue. ers recorded 12 shoot ing-stars from 10 to W. C. Nash. 11 p.m. ? ....... 10° Mostly divergent from Two observers delineated W. W. Boreham Cassiopeia. the courses of 70 meteors in the hour. Diverging from Cassio- Two observers delineated Id. and J. Hobler. This star curved consider- ? ably in its path before it burst. Track of 3° 15' broad; 10° lasted 4 seconds. No train or sparks peia. ? 45 meteors. D. Walker, M.D. Inclined westward 30° From 1.25 a.m. to 1.40 W. H. Wood. to the vertical. 10° a.m., meteors fell too fast to be registered. To right; 30° from Strong twilight vertical; down. A. S. Herschel. Bright enduring track...... 20° To left; 30° from verti A. S. Herschel. cal; down. |