The 1956 Phoenicid Meteor Shower

Abstract

From radio observation of this shower at Adelaide the radiant coordinates are estimated to be 15±2, ?55±3. The radio record was obtained when the Earth was some 6 hr from the centre of the stream. The radio rate of 30/hr measured on an equipment of high sensitivity is much lower than expected from the visual rates of from 20 to 100/hr reported from 1 to 9 hr later.