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THE NOVEMBER METEORS.—Mr. W. F. Denning writes that this display may be expected to recur on the morning of November 15, but that it is not likely to be an abundant one. Meteors are evidently distributed along all parts of the elliptical stream, for some of them are visible every year at mid-November. Occasionally there is quite a noteworthy shower, though the parent comet (1866 I. Tempel) may be near aphelion. The radiant point of the shower being situated in the “sickle “of Leo, which does not rise until about 10.15 the meteors are invisible in the early hours of the evening. This year moonlight will somewhat interfere with observation and overpower the fainter meteors. On clear evenings between November 17 and 21, some of the Andromedids of Biela's comet may probably be seen.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 114, 693 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114693a0
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