The November meteors. As observed between midnight and 5 o’clock A.M. on the night of November 13-14 1868.
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The November meteors. As observed between midnight and 5 o’clock A.M. on the night of November 13-14 1868.
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Beautiful.
A rain of stars.
Great artwork.
Presumably referring to the Leonid meteor shower (or even meteor “storm”) I’m thinking?
Academic paper ‘The Leonid Meteor Shower: Historical Visual Observations’ by
P. Brown published 1998 on the Leonids from 1799 to 1997 linked here :
http://meteor.uwo.ca/~pbrown/1999-Leonids-Icarus.pdf
Guide for the 2017 Leonids here :
http://earthsky.org/?p=29831
& my favourite reference site for metor showers generally here :
http://meteorshowersonline.com/
In case folks are interested and hope these are handy.