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BAD weather in mid-November seems to have precluded most of the English observers from watching for the return of the Leonid shower this year. Mr. A. King, of Scunthorpe, Lines, however, was able to maintain a lookout on November 16 (the probable night of maximum), from 9h. 55m. to 15h. 55m. (G.M.A.T.). There was frequent interruption from cloud and rain, the total time spent in actual watching being 2h. 34m. There were some very clear intervals, and it was evident from the scarcity of meteors that no great shower was in play; indeed, Leonids were not so numerous nor so bright as on November 16, 1931. The following radiant of Leonids was determined:
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The Leonids, 1933. Nature 132, 928 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132928c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/132928c0