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THE AUGUST METEORIC DISPLAY.—Mr. W. F. Denning xvrites that on August 8 several fine meteors were observed by him at Bristol, and they belonged to the well-known"shower of Perseids. On August u, watching for two and a quarter hours before midnight, he counted 134 meteors, although the moon in her first quarter was shining brightly nearly all the time. The display was an exceptional one as regards both the number and the brightness of the meteors. Of the total number seen, 122 were Perseids and 12 belonged to the minor showers of the period. The radiant point of the Perseids was at 44°+57°, but it was not so sharply defined as it sometimes is.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 107, 793 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107793a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/107793a0