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THE APRIL METEORS, 1922.—Mr. W. F. Denning writes that what appears to have been the most brilliant and abundant shower of Lyrids observed during the present century was witnessed by Miss A. Grace Cook and Mr. J. P. M. Prentice, of Stowmarket, on the night following April 21. Miss Cook, watching the sky up to 13 hours G.M.T., observed 30 Lyrids, and a number of others must have escaped observation while the paths of the brighter meteors were being recorded. Eight of the meteors seen were brilliant, six of them being estimated as equivalent to, or surpassing, the lustre of Jupiter. The maximum of the display apparently occurred in the two hours preceding midnight; the meteors moved swiftly, leaving trails. The brightest object appeared at ii h. 12 m. G.M.T., and it left a conspicuous streak which remained visible for twenty seconds. Mr. Prentice also watched the progress of the shower, and saw many brilliant meteors, though the sky was partly clouded at times.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 109, 560 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109560a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/109560a0