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The shower of meteors which occurs once in every thirty -- three years is predicted for tonight and the three following evenings. As a rule the shower lasts an hour at about midnight, but on two occasions it has lasted from midnight until dawn. In 1799 and 1833 the shower of meteors was exceptionally fine, but in 1866 it was only ordinary. It will appear as if the meteors came from the direction of the constellation Leo, in the northeastern sky. The best showers will be on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, and, if any are seen before midnight, a greater number may be expected later.
Photographs of the shower will be taken by the Harvard Observatories at Cambridge and Blue Hill, and by Professor Upton of Brown University who is co-operating with Professor Pickering. The idea of these three photographic stations is to give a parallax so as to see how high the meteor is from the earth's surface when it appears and disappears.
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