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Meteor Shower.

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Next Saturday evening at the Harvard Observatory, the students in the astronomy classes will assist in making observations on the meteor shower, which will probably be visible at that time. During the evening, the meteors will appear to be coming from the eastern horizon; and towards Sunday morning they will radiate from a point a little to the southeast of the zenith, in the constellation of Leo. This point will rise about midnight. If the weather is favorable, photographs will be taken to determine the height above the surface of the earth at which the meteors first become visible.

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