The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-06

A November Star Shower In 1S61-Timely
warning TO Professor Loonsis.
correspondent Of . London journal writes under
date Of October 2l:-
through ,s ssG 49, nayins already been made mr
ing features Of the November star shower will proba
by anticipate that some public notice will be taken be-
lore we me OF ~ reappoarAnco In the current
for che Information OF transatlantic observers that
axe an early opportunity Of Offering the following re-
the notable and somewhat altered circumstances Of the
display Inc star shower has continued to increase
shower Of falling stars was noticed at Woiverhampton
on the 10Th, and DR.. Schmidt, At Athens, announced
years 1884 and 1855 the mssors IN such crow
ing numbers that on the latter about thou
SAND SAND metsors must have been visible at Green
wicn. ana almost ~ great q number was counted In
America In the great star shower Of last year about
eight thousand meleors counted Greenwich and
was visible at the same time in Europe Asia and n
Africa, and At the Cape OF Good Hope. While the
present time makes the appearance OF large OF
the November meteors In the present year extremely
spectacle seen BY Humboldt in South America IN be
year l19v and ~ one observer in North America in
1888 who describes them a. failing aboat as thick as
other, who relates shat their numbers at once
often e9uaed the number OF the fixed stars seen at
Der meteors in the year 1888 Oilers showed they
were preceded on the same date the previous year
by. nearly similar shower at tho Mauritius, In Asia,
and over the whole continent Of Europe, and
that thirty.iour years before the great display
equally '' grand propoon By Humboldt in South
America. Relying upon the evident periodiciiy OF the
phenomenon Oilers ventured TO predict that after an.
other interval OF years the star shower would
return in the present year Now that the interval has
elapsed, and that the November meeors last year re
turned in tho same multitude and in the same regions
Of the globe which distinguished their appearance in
tho year 1882 is hardly too much expect what the
circumstances srikngy appear to indicate that another
shower ike that OF the year 1888 viii this year be
visible In America. Calculating from the time whom the
the night OF the l3h 10 the 14th Of November last the
following approximate results were obtained At about
six O'Clock A. NJ Greenwich time, on Thursday morn
ing the lath proximo, the earth will occupy the place
where II encountered the first portions Of the meteorc
stream last year. At haf-past seven O'Clock A. ~,
few minutes before SUNRISE Greenwich will cross
the medal line and at about nine O'Clock A. NJ when
the sun is fairly risen in Britain, supposing that the
course Of the mssorc stream keeps is appointed place.
and the rain Of areballs and falling stars should ts re-
turn be punctual will cease, Observations on inc
date and at intervals during the night OF the 18th to the
18th ultimo, inasmuch as the time Of the phenomenon
Of as Ths
moons presence few days after the full, although in
one respect disadvantage by its light will yet by the
effect OF dspeing floating Clouds be favorable clear
condition OF the sky.
Owing to the approaching daylight the star shower
will be only partially visible in Britain or the CONT
nent Westward from the British Isles, the Atlantic
Ocean, In Canada and in the United States OF America,
where during the whole time that corresponds TO the
duration of the shower last year. darkness will prevail
the circumstances favorable for observations
Allowing hour earlier for every fifteen degrees of
west longitude from Greenwich. the local times when
tho star shower will BIO at its height at list OF places
within the region just named may be Professionally stated
az follows
rIME or MAXIMUM A. NJ, NOVEMBER a. 1866
H. H. NJ.
Azores, Atlantic OCEANS e I9ptysa and New York; S
Halifax and Bcrmudas3 10 TORONTO and charleson2 10
On the and west coast Of Mexico the shower will
be seen at midnight, and its visibility will continue to
diminish towards point few degrees OF longitude
west from California where the earth contact with the
meteors will terminate and the wide surface Of the
North Pacific Ocean will not experience the illumination
OF the shower.
Should the star shower this be magnificent and
in the same degree confined TO the continent OF America
formerly them since the metcors of the year 1909
were partially at Hull, in England, and those tho
year 1888 noticed In Wemar, In Germany, partial
view OF the star shower daybreak the morning OF
the lath proximo. will doubtless be obtained in Britain.
Even on the continent where the circumstances
favorable for observations, some tokens Of tho star