APRIL TO JULY. | Name of Shower | Date | Radiant Point | Characteristics | Other Dates
of
Observation | Location | Beta or Mu
Draconids
Beta Serpentids | Apr. 9-16
Apr. 18 | The Dragon's head
The Serpent's head | Sw. F. | Apr. 17-25 | N.E.
S.E. | Lyrids,
rich shower | Apr. 20 | About 10° from
Vega toward
Hercules | V. Sw. | | N.E. | Eta Aquarids,
fine annual shower | May 6 | Near the Water
Jar | Sw. Sk. | After 2 a.m. | E. | Alpha Coronids,
well defined in 1885 | May 11 | Near Gemma
(α) CoronÆ B. | Sl. F. | May 7-18 | N. | Iota Pegasids,
well defined shower | May 30 | Between Cygnus
and the Great
Square | Sw. Sk. | May 29-
June 4 after
10 p.m. | N.E. | Beta Herculids
Beta Ophiuchids | June 7
June 10 | Near the Crown
About 8°S. of Ras
Alhague | Sl. B.
Sl. | A fire ball
radiant
June 10, 13 | S.E.
S.E. | | Delta Cepheids | June 20 | About 13° from
(β) CassiopeiÆ | Sw. | June 10-28,
July 19, Aug.
25, etc. | N. |
The Abbreviations under Characteristics are as follows: | V.—very. | M.—moderately. | Sw.—swift. | Sl.—slow. | Sh.—short. | B.—bright. | F.—faint. | | Sk.—streak-leaving meteors. | T.—train-leaving meteors. |
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