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JULY METEORS.—Mr. W. F. Denning writes: “A few observations were made at Bristol between July 12 and 22, but meteors seemed somewhat scarce. The coming Perseid shower gave evidence of its presence on July 13 and 16, and several rather bright meteors were seen, presumably from radiants near α and ζ in Cygnus. These are well-known showers at about 314° + 48° and 317° + 31° and appear to be pretty regular in their annual returns. On July 16 and 20, meteors were recorded from a shower directed from a point near α Capricorni (304° – 12°). A rather fine object, belonging probably to this stream, appeared on July 20, 2h 25m G.M.T., moving along a path of about 45° approximately between Jupiter and Mars and towards Mars. This meteor was seen by an assistant, who pointed out the position, but no other observations have as yet come to hand. This shower of Capricornids is one of considerable activity and seems possibly connected with comet 1881V. Its meteors were numerous in 1908 and 1916, but their chief abundance seems to occur a fortnight before the earth's nearest approach to the comet's orbit.”
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 118, 170 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118170a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/118170a0