Nottingham, England — 4 September 1848
Slow celestial object
At 8:59 P.M. Mr. Lowe observed an unidentified object from Highfield Observatory. The bright star-like source moved from Eta of Antinoiis to Pi of Sagittarius. It covered this distance in no less than 45 seconds, much too slow for a meteor. Its intensity was estimated at six times the brilliance of Jupiter.
Source: Report of luminous meteors of the British astronomical association, 1849, quoted by Flammarion in Bradytes, op. cit. 443. Case: W396