Andromedids

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Andromedids

(an-drom -ĕ-didz) See Bielids.

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Andromedids

[‚an′dräm·ə‚didz]

(astronomy)

A meteor shower whose radiant is located near the star γ Andromedae, and which reaches its peak about November 27; associated with the Biela comet. Also known as Bielids.

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The meteors are known as the Bielids or Andromedids, after the constellation containing the radiant.

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Baggaley of the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, called attention to just such a curious phenomenon during the intense 1866 Leonids and 1872 Andromedids. A number of observers attested to a faint, diffuse glow in the night sky in the general direction of the showers' radiants (looking "upstream").