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A FINE meteor was visible here to-night at 6.36 p.m. It fell perpendicularly almost due north-north-east, disappearing about 20° above the horizon, and was then as nearly as possible of the brilliancy and colour of Venus, which was shining in the southwest at the time. Length of path, I think, about 20°, but I am not positive that I saw the beginning of it.
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SMITH, B. A Fine Meteor. Nature 39, 462 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/039462a0
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