A lot of disappointed U. S. astronomers went to bed early one evening last week. They had planned to sit up all night to watch the expected leonid meteor display, but fogs and rain in most localities made observing impossible. Watchers at New Orleans had several hours of clear sky, reported a fine display.
Founder of the American Meteor Society, Dr. Charles Pollard Olivier of the Flower Observatory, University of Pennsylvania, has encouraged laymen for the past few years to help astronomers observe meteor phenomena. Last week he asked them to time the flight...
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