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MAY METEORS.—During the month of May the number of meteors is by no means considerable, the records showing quite a dearth of deduced radiant points at this season of the year. One, however, which seems to be, to some extent, prominent (Astr. Nach., No. 3418), is that which is situated in the region near the brightest star in Corona. The Greenwich observers in 1866 one evening recorded no less than seven first magnitude meteors, and five fainter ones, in the course of an hour; and Mr. Denning tells us that he himself made some very successful observations in 1885. This observer is of opinion that previous observations indicate the occurrence of a special shower, and he gives, as a mean of many determinations of the positions of radiant points, the coordinates 232°˙8+28°˙6. May 18 is given as the day on which special attention should be devoted to this shower.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 56, 39 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/056039a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/056039a0