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METEORIC SHOWERS
OCTOBER TO JANUARY.

Name of Shower Date Radiant Point Characteristics Other Dates
of Observation
Location.
Ursids Oct. 4 Between Great
Bear's head and
Polaris
Sw. Sk. Aug. 20–24 N.
Epsilon Arietids
Rich shower
1877
Oct. 14 East of Hamal,
near Musca
M. Sw. Oct. 11–24,
Oct. 30–
Nov. 4
E.
Orionids
Fine shower
Oct. 18 Near Alhena in
Gemini
After 11 p.m.
Sw. Sk.
Oct. 16–22 E.
Delta Geminids Oct. 29 Near Castor and
Pollux
After 10 p.m.
v. Sw. Sk.
Nov. 7,
Dec. 4,
Oct. 16–22
N. E.
(e)Taurids.Rich
shower in 1886
Nov. 2 About 13° S. E. of
Aldebaran
Sl. B. T. Nov. 2–3 E.
Leonids
Brilliant shower
Nov. 13 Near (γ) Leonis
In the Sickle
After midnight.
v. Sw. Sk.
Nov. 12–14 N. E.
Leo Minorids Nov. 16 Near (γ) Ursæ
Maj., the Great
Bear's hind feet
After 10 p.m.
v. Sw. Sk.
Sept. 15.
Oct. 16
N.

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