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METEORS AND SKJELLERUP'S COMET.—Mr W. F. Denning writes: “The only nights favourable at Bristol for the observations of meteors, possibly connected with Skjellerup's comet, of last December, were June 10 and 11, which provided two excellent opportunities. The cometary orbit, however, approaches the earth's path to the nearest point on about June 7-8, so that this date had passed before the weather permitted suitable watching of the skies. Very few meteors were seen on June 10 and 11, and two only, out of about twelve observed, were directed from the region in which the cometary radiant was placed. There may have occurred a shower on preceding nights, but no information has come to hand with details of successful results, and I fear that none were obtained.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 121, 997 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121997a0
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