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The Andromedids are a historical shower previously thought to be defunct. Accounts by astronomers in China from 1872 and 1885 describe incredible meteor displays in which “stars fell like rain.” ...
The Andromedids is named after Andromeda, the constellation from which the particularly bright displays in the 1800s appeared to come from. But this year, the meteors are expected to radiate from ...
The meteors radiated from the northern constellation Cassiopeia, which borders the constellation Andromeda, and marked a revival of the Andromedids, a shower that achieved notoriety in the 19th ...
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Three minor meteor showers will occur during a sky-viewing program on Nov.12 atHobbs State Park-Conservation Area with the program starting at 4:30 p.m. and the night sky ...
Starting on November 20, 2021, rates have been significantly above the usual level and reversing a trend of decreasing Andromedid activity after November 9. On November 22, the geocentric radiant was ...
What caused the Andromedid meteor storms?In the 19thcentury, the most spectacular storms were the 1872 and 1885 Andromedids, whichwere almost as strong as the Draconids and also very slow moving ...
WHAT certainly appears to have been a well defined shower of Andromedids occurred on November 21 and following nights to November 28. Yet this display, if it really represented the débris of ...