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I SAW a bright meteor at Bath last night. It flashed into sight at a spot some 10° to the south of Arcturus at 10.38 P.M. The duration of its visibility was between two and three seconds, the direction of its path very nearly north-east to south-west, its brilliancy quite that of one of the so-called “fire-balls” in pyrotechnic displays. It travelled through about 25° of arc, leaving a very faint trail, which however disappeared almost immediately. What struck me as particularly remarkable about the meteor was the decided bluish-green colour of its light.
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ARMBRUSTER, C. Meteor. Nature 20, 197 (1879). https://doi.org/10.1038/020197d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/020197d0
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