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ON Sunday, September 29, at 7.30 p.m., I observed a very brilliant meteor falling nearly perpendicular a little to the west of north. Its progress towards the earth appeared to be much slower than is usually the case with such bodies, the heavens being illuminated for several seconds. The meteor was of a bright sapphire hue; preceding it were a few drops of bright fiery red, whilst following it came a brilliant trail of light. It seems to have been pretty generally observed throughout Ireland, and letters to the Press from counties Roscommon, Galway, Kilkenny, and Kildare, testify to the interest it has awakened in the country.
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CLARK, R. A Remarkable Meteor. Nature 40, 573 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/040573b0
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