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I SEE in Greg's list of possible cometary radiant points there is one given for Pons' Comet, the date December 6, radiant point R.A. 200°, N.D. 68°.5. The radius-vector of the comet at its descending node is 0.77, so that the likelihood of a shower of meteors seems very small; but it might be worth while to look out for one on the 6th of next month.
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BACKHOUSE, T. Pens' Comet and Meteors.—The Quadrantids. Nature 29, 104 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/029104a0
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