| Name of Shower | R. A. | Decl. | Date of Shower | | Quadrantids | 230° | +53° | Jan. 2-4 | | Zeta Cepheids | 331° | +56° | Jan. 25 | | Alpha Leonids | 155° | +14° | Feb. 19-March 1 | | Tau Leonids | 166° | +4° | March 1-4 | | Beta Ursids | 161° | +58° | March 13-24 | | Lyrids | 271° | +33° | April 20-22 | | Gamma Aquarids | 338° | -2° | May 1-6 | | Zeta Herculids | 246° | +29° | May 18-26 | | Eta Pegasids | 330° | +28° | May 30-June 4 | | Theta BoÖtids | 213° | +53° | June 27-28 | | Alpha Capricornids | 304° | -12° | July 15-28 | | Delta Aquarids | 339° | -11° | July 25-30 | | Perseids | 45° | +57° | Aug. 10-12 | | Omicron Draconids | 291° | +60° | Aug. 15-25 | | Zeta Draconids | 262° | +63° | Aug. 21-Sept. 2 | | Piscids | 348° | +2° | Sept. 4-14 | | Alpha Andromedids | 4° | +28° | Sept. 27 | | Epsilon Arietids | 40° | +20° | Oct. 11-24 | | Orionids | 92° | +15° | Oct. 17-24 | | Epsilon Perseids | 61° | +35° | Nov. 5 | | Leonids | 150° | +23° | Nov. 13-15 | | Epsilon Taurids | 64° | +22° | Nov. 14-25 | | Andromedids | 25° | +43° | Nov. 17-23 | | Beta Geminids | 119° | +31° | Dec. 1-12 | | Geminids | 108° | +33° | Dec. 1-14 | | Alpha UrsÆ Majorids | 161° | +58° | Dec. 18-21 | | Kappa Draconids | 194° | +68° | Dec. 18-28 | The year 1916 was exceptional in providing an abundant and previously unknown shower on June 28, and its stream has nearly the same orbit as that of the Pons-Winnecke periodic comet. Useful observations of meteors are not difficult to make, and they are of service to professional astronomers investigating the orbits of these bodies, among whom are Mitchell and Olivier of the University of Virginia.
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