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A BRILLIANT METEOR.—A meteor of unusual brilliance and low velocity was observed by Mr. Rolston at South Kensington at gh. 46m. (G.M.T.) on May 2. The approximate commencement and end of the flight were at 150°+14°, and 142½°, 0°, respectively, and the time occupied in traversing the path was estimated as at least two seconds. Both in colour and brightness the meteor was very like Arcturus, and no train was visible along which it had passed. The position of the commencement of the apparition is a little uncertain, because Mr. Rolston was not actually engaged in watching for meteors, his attention being first directed to the phenomenon by its extraordinary brightness.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 89, 250–251 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/089250a0
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