Meteor Showers

The preparations made at the Observatory for the observation of the Leonid meteor showers have met with little success. This is due in part to the recent bad weather. 158 meteors, however, were observed and photographed, 58 of which were Leonids. At one time during the night the meteors appeared at the rate of one per minute and in some cases were of the first magnitude in brightness. They did not constitute a shower.

During a break in the clouds of about half an hour on Tuesday night, two meteors were seen which were estimated to be Leonids, and on Wednesday night, after the clearing of the sky, between 50 and 60 meteors were observed of which about 30 were Leonids.

The meteors thus far observed have given no indication of the shower predicted. There is a possibility, however, that the shower has not been altogether missed, since, if it took place here in the day time, observations may have been made in another part of the world.