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A VERY large and brilliant meteor was observed here at 6h. 41m. p.m. G.M.T., on November 8. Its size was at least equal to one-fourth of that of the full moon, and it lit up the whole garden for about a second and a half. It was pear-shaped. The colour was white, and left behind it a pale red train. Its path was from a point half-way between α and δ Persei to 3° above Ursæ Majoris. The sky was rather hazy at the time.
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PERRY, S. Meteor. Nature 23, 34 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/023034a0
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