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Astronomy for schools and general readers (1892)

Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920, Philips, G. M. (George Morris), 1851-1920, joint author · Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott company · leaf 218

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rack. End ofTrack. Bright-ness. Rate of Motion. Color. Remarks. R. A. Dec. R. A. Dec. November 14,1881, 4.20 a m. 153° +37° 228° -f68£° 1st mag.star. Rapid. Yellow. Leonid; not very well observed; streak. Fig. 53 shows a map of Orionids made at HaverfordCollege Observatory on the morning of October… … Fig. 53.—Orionids of October 19,1881. general divergence of the tracks from a point markedby a small circle is quite noticeable. Some of them donot seem to radiate strictly from it, but this is dueprobably to errors of recording, a large portion ofwhich are unavoidable. Some of them belong to…

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