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THE APRIL METEORS OF 1919.-Observations were obtained at Bristol on the nights of April 18, 20, 21, and 22, but the display was by no means a rich one. The night of chief activity was April 21, when fourteen meteors were recorded between 8h. 40111. and nh. 3:5111. G.M.T. Of these, nine were Lyrids and indicated a radiant point at 272°+3o°. Several fine meteors were observed on this night, and particularly at 9.30 and 9.40 G.M.T. The first of these appeared as bright as Sirius, and slowly floated from 236°-ij° to 246° -2° in about 5 sees. This must have been a fine object as seen from the eastern counties of England. The second was one of the true April meteors, with a bright streak, and moved swiftly from 297°+65° to 3i°+473°. It was of about the same apparent magnitude as Jupiter.
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Our Astronomical Coloumn. Nature 103, 174–175 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/103174a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/103174a0