Word: meteors
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...inch and 12-inch meridian photometers are now almost sufficiently completed to assist much in the work. With the telescopes at the observatory, chiefly the 8-inch and 11-inch Draper, about 3200 photographs of the stars have been taken this year, and thirty-five stars and nine meteor trails have been found...
...Fulda is one of the most famous of the present German dramatists. Among his works are "Ein Meteor", "Die Wilde Jagdt", "Der Talisman", "Jugendfreunde", and "Die Zwillingsschwester...
Attempts to secure photographs of the metros met with little success, for, although a large portion of the sky was covered, the trail of but one Leonid was found on the plates. As a certain meteor seen shortly before 3 o'clock does not appear on the plates exposed at that time, it is at present believed possible to photography only meteors slowly moving, or of exceptional brilliancy...
...Observatory has abandoned its attempts to photograph the expected shower of leonids this year in consequence of the unusual rarity of meteors which have been sighted. On Friday night a watch was kept for the shower but only a few desultory meteors fell before a fog arose and precluded further observations. A casual watch was again kept on Saturday night, but not a single meteor was observed. As the extraordinary showers which were predicted to occur about the year 1899 have not materialized, it is probable that the Observatory will make no further attempt to obtain photographs of leonids...