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THOUGH in the present year the light of the full moon will impede observations of these meteors, yet it is not improbable that the shower will be sufficiently strong to manifest its presence, provided that the atmospheric conditions prove favourable for the occasion. In 1905 the calculated maximum will fall on the night of April 19, as was the case last year, when Lyrids were found to be somewhat more numerous at Utrecht on the night of April 19 than on the succeeding night, both nights having been clear; observations at Dublin, made, however, under less favourable conditions, tended also to confirm this result.
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HENRY, J. The Lyrid Meteors. Nature 71, 560 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/071560a0
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