Signs in Heaven

Where are you this moment?

Jon

The 1946 Return
During 1940 to 1945, activity continued to be absent, but astronomers were already making predictions for the very favorable 1946 return. In that year, the comet was expected at perihelion on September 18, so that Earth would cross the comet’s orbit just 15 days after the comet!
The Draconids were best placed for observers in the Western Hemisphere during October 9/10, with excellent meteor counts not only coming from all across the United States, but Canada and even Venezuela. European observers did detect the Draconids, but the radiant was very low over the horizon and, though spectacular, it was at least one-fourth the strength of that seen in America. Observations were also made in Czechoslovakia for slightly more than one hour prior to morning twilight. Some of the more interesting observations are as follows:
At the University of Oklahoma Observatory, B…