A little ramble through 19th century astronomy - Andromedid meteors seen from the Caribbean Sea in 1891

 Mr Boraston on the steamer Don on the night of November 23/24 1891 made observations of Andromedid meteors while crossing the Caribbean Sea 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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