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ABSTRACT A FEW minutes before 10 o'clock on Saturday night I saw a very beautiful meteor towards the western horizon. The meteor passed obliquely downwards towards Orion's belt,


moving slowly from right to left. When first seen it was a brilliant white body about 1/6th the apparent diameter of the moon. As it passed onwards it became bluish and pear-shaped with a


bright track. Before its final disappearance between the belt and the pleiades it had a purplish hue. It was visible about four or five seconds, and during that period it traversed about ten


or fifteen degrees. ARTICLE PDF AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Brighton W. AINSLIE HOLLIS Authors * W. AINSLIE HOLLIS View author publications You can also search for this


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