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THE LEONID METEORIC SHOWER.—Observations at the middle of the present month proved that a few of the meteors were visible, and that the display was prolonged beyond its usual duration. On the night of November 15, in 23/4 hours, Mr. C. P. Adamson, watching from Wimborne, Dorset, recorded eleven Leonids radiating from 151°+ 22°. On November 19 he saw five Leonids near their radiant at 149°+23°. The latter result corroborates an observation in 1876 November 19-22 at Bristol by Mr. Denning, who saw five Leonids from 149°+22°. These figures would appear to prove that there is no decided motion of the radiant similar to that affecting the centre of the great Perseid stream. A brilliant meteor was seen by Mr. Adamson on November 19 last at 11h. 5m. It gave a series of flashes near the termination of its course, which was from 120° + 21° to 140°+16°, traversed in two seconds.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 104, 342–343 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/104342a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/104342a0