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ABSTRACT A PART from the rich shower directed from the region of Bode's asterism Quadrans, or northern limits of Bootes, on the opening nights of January, the meteors visible in this
month have usually attracted little attention. Observers who have watched the cold winter sky have, indeed, generally remarked a scarcity of meteors amongst the beautiful constellations
displayed at this season of the year. Zezioli, it is true, was more successful in the clear atmosphere of Italy, for on the closing nights of January, 1868, he saw a plentiful swarm of
shooting stars falling from Corona and Ursa Major, and one or two other observers have occasionally recorded meteoric activity of somewhat special character, but, with the exception of its
New Year's shower, the month commonly furnishes us neither with any plentiful displays nor with an abundance of meteors giving evidence of a multitude of attenuated streams. Access
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Authors * W. F. DENNING View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS
ARTICLE DENNING, W. _Fireballs in January_ . _Nature_ 69, 310 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/069310a0 Download citation * Issue Date: 28 January 1904 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/069310a0
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