Moulton, Forest Ray, 1872-1952 · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 387
eir apparent paths are projected back- 340 AN INTRODUCTION TO ASTKUJn Uivi i lua. a. ^u^r ward, they pass through, or very near, a point in the sky.This point is called the radiant point of the shower, for themeteors all appear to radiate from it. A number of meteor^trails which clearly define a… … Fig. 130. — Meteor trails defining a radiant point (Olivier). From the position of this constellation (Arts. 82, 93), itfollows that they can be seen only in the early morning hours.The latter have their radiant in Andromeda, and are calledthe Andromids. They can be seen only in the early partof…
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