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This shower should properly be referred to as the South Taurids, as there is another maximum called the North Taurids, around 11–12th November. Both are associated with Comet Encke, and due to the gravitational effect of (mostly) Jupiter, the stream has been “stretched” out, hence the two showers.
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Even though the Large Magellanic Cloud is often classed as an irregular galaxy, it does show signs of a bar structure, and thus is often referred to as a Magellanic-type dwarf spiral galaxy.
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Predictions of meteor activity are difficult to make, however, in 2015 a strong maximum is predicted. In 2016, 2017 and 2020, a weak maximum is expected. For 2018, a very strong maximum can be expected, and for 2019, an average maximum is to be expected.
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The Spitzer Space telescope observed the star during 2009 and the results indicate that the primary star is a post-asymptotic giant branch star, about 2.2–3.3 times the mass of the Sun, that is periodically eclipsed by a single star of class B, located within the primary’s disc of dust.
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There is evidence that a planet does in fact exist around Epsilon Indi, however the report is unconfirmed, but data does show a trend that can be explained by a extrasolar planet of around. 97 times the mass of Jupiter. It does however have a binary brown dwarf companion.
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Inglis, M. (2015). November. In: Inglis, M. (eds) Patrick Moore’s Observer’s Year: 366 Nights of the Universe. The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18678-8_11
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