Schmidt, observing from Athens, said that the 1872 shower consisted mainly of faint (5th to 6th magnitude) meteors with "broad and smoke-like" trains and a predominantly orange or reddish colouration. In England, Lowe estimated the same shower as producing at least 58,600 visible meteors between 5.50 and 10.30 pm, observed that the meteors were much slower than the Leonids, and noted noises "like very distant gun-shots" several times to the north-west.
Schmidt, observing from Athens, described the 1872 shower as mainly consisting of faint (5th to 6th magnitude) meteors with broad and smoke-like trails and a predominantly orange or reddish coloration. In England, Lowe estimated that this shower produced at least 58,600 visible meteors between 5:50 and 10:30 pm, observed the meteors to be much slower than the Leonids, and noted sounds "like very distant gunshots" several times in the northwest.