Appearance; Train, if any, Length of and its Duration. Path. Direction; noting also whether Horizontal, Perpendicular, or Inclined. Remarks. Observer. 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. E. to W. Vertical; down Rev. J. L. Challis. 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 To right; horizontal... At Cambridge, three Arthur Bowden. observers recorded 6 shooting-stars; cloudy. To left; 10° from verti- At Birkenhead, one D. Walker, M.D. cal; down. To right; 38° from vertical; down. Luminous track, remained About 15°.. As if from Polaris observer recorded 32 shooting-stars (quite clear); 8 of these left Id. tracks of light. At Deal, one observer re- Herbert McLeod. corded 5shooting-stars (cloudy); 3 of these W. C. Nash. left tracks of light. Tail endured 4 seconds 20° To right; 15° from vertical; down. To left; 15° from vertical; down. D. Walker, M.D. Id. Tail endured 1 second ... 6 or 7 shooting-stars in 10° or 12°.. Almost vertical Mostly divergent from Two observers delineated W. W. Boreham Cassiopeia. the courses of 70 and J. Hobler. meteors in the hour. Diverging from Cassio-Two observers delineated Id. peia. ? 45 meteors. D. Walker, M.D. Inclined westward 30° From 1.25 a.m. to 1.40 W. H. Wood. to the vertical. a.m., meteors fell too fast to be registered. A. S. Herschel. ......... To right; 30° from Strong twilight vertical; down. To left; 30° from vertical; down. Too cloudy for better T. Crumplen and observation. J. Townsend. A. S. Herschel. |