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THE PERSEID METEORIC SHOWER.—The maximum of this brilliant annual meteoric shower will probably occur on Sunday night, August 11, and the best period for observation may be expected after midnight. The first traces of the shower were recognised on July 8 by Mrs. Fiammetta Wilson at Totteridge and by Miss A. Grace Cook at Stowmarket. A meteor was mutually recorded by them on that date and found to be a true Perseid, with a radiant point at 8° + 49°. Another member of the stream was seen by the same observers on July 12, and the activity of the display has been increasing nightly. On August 5, at 13.54 G.M.T., a splendid Perseid brighter than Venus was seen by Mr. Denning at Bristol traversing a path from 269° + 84½° to 230° + 65°. With suitable weather there should be a rich display of Perseids this year.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 101, 454 (1918). https://doi.org/10.1038/101454a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/101454a0