Saturday, 26 November 2022

The Andromedid Meteor Shower

 J M Boraston on the steamer Don on the night of November 23/24 1891 made observations of Andromedid meteors from location Long 72’ West Lat 17’ North, the sky was very clear with no Moon.

Mr Boraston states that the heavens were alive with meteors. Several were seen as faint, swift and long tracked and for 6 hours the average number of meteors was estimated at 108 per minute or 6,480 per hour.




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