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1882, May 16, 11h. om. G.M.T. Meteor many times brighter than Venus; green, then white; began of second magnitude, 5° above main cluster of Coma; passed 1½° above Iota Urs. Maj., where it changed colour suddenly; ended, of second magnitude, 5° left of Beta Aurigæ. Duration 8 seconds, may have been 10. No streak. Observed from the University Observatory. A few minutes later another was seen describing very nearly the same path.
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TUPMAN, G. Bright Meteors. Nature 26, 81 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/026081d0
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