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MAY METEORS.—It is hoped that favourable conditions will be experienced for the observation of Coronid meteors in May. Mr. W. F. Denning directs attention to this shower in Astronomische Nachrichten, No. 4726. In recent years he found the chief radiant point to be about 246°+ 30° near Coronæ, and a few degrees west of p Herculis. According to his observations in 1903 and 1911, the meteors were white, swift, and usually trainless. The most suitable time for their observation is between May 18 and 26, and the absence of the moon will render the observation more easy.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 93, 250–251 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/093250a0
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