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FIREBALL OF OCTOBER 3.—A large number of additional observations have come to hand, and Mr. Denning writes us that the brilliant object was well observed as far north as Huddersfield and as far east as Hertford. Even at Huddersfield, where the observer was about 210 miles distant from the object, it exhibited a Venus-like lustre, and was followed until it disappeared in the mist very near the S.S.W. horizon. The new observations confirm, in general, the deductions already stated as regards the position and height of the fireball, but the exact place of the radiant point remains a little doubtful. With reference to the elevation at disappearance, this may have been less than thirty miles, for there are several observations indicating it at about twenty-four miles. The cloudy or misty condition of the sky at many places, however, hindered efforts at exact observation. Everywhere the spectators speak of the astonishing brilliancy of the object and admit that its startling aspect at first aroused fears of a calamitous sequel.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 98, 136 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/098136a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/098136a0