The evidence supporting this stream's existence is scant, but what makes it
most interesting is that the available observations seem to point to a fairly
short-duration shower. The greatest support for this stream appeared during
Zdenek Sekanina's 1969 session of the Radio Meteor Project. A total of 32
meteors were detected during January 13-17 from an average radiant of RA=245.9
deg, DECL=+62.4 deg.
Possible visual observations are rare, possibly due to the short duration.
During the 19th century, Giuseppe Zezioli (Bergamo) plotted several meteors
during January 16, 1867-1869, which Schiaparelli derived a radiant of RA=244
deg, DECL=+64 deg, while William F. Denning's investigation of the records of
the Italian Meteoric Association revealed six meteors plotted from RA=241 deg,
DECL=+63 deg, during January 1-15, 1872. During this century observations have
also been scarce. R. Kingman (Bristol, England) plotted 6 meteors from RA=245
deg, DECL=+64 deg, during January 16-24, 1928. In Hoffmeister's Meteorstrome, a
radiant designated 2877 was observed on January 13, 1937, from a position of
RA=236 deg, DECL=+59 deg.
Among all of the photographic lists, only two meteors appear in MP1961.
Designated 6112 and 10081, they were detected on January 13, 1953 and January
13, 1954, respectively, and indicate an average radiant of RA=236 deg, DECL=59
deg. Although the orbit is very similar to that determined by radar, the orbital
inclination is about 15 deg greater.