Abstract
ON the 19th inst, at 11.34 p.m. (within a minute of G.M.T.), I observed a large meteor in the east, towards which I happened to be looking, the sky being quite free from clouds, and clear. When first seen it was half way between Capella and α Persei; it passed in a slightly curved direction, which was concave towards Auriga, downwards to a line joining β and α Tauri, disappearing at a point one-third of the distance from β towards α. It was very much brighter than Jupiter, and quite half the diameter of the moon; I made these comparisons immediately after it had passed.
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THWAITES, C. Meteor. Nature 22, 484–485 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/022484b0
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