Fw: (meteorobs) Fireball over East San Francisco B

[Ray Jones]

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> From: "Ray Jones" <SayRayJ at cox.net>
> To: <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 8:09 AM
> Subject: (meteorobs) Fireball over East San Francisco Bay?
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> Dear List Members,
> 
> Did anyone see or hear of a fireball over the southeastern
> San Francisco Bay Friday, April 1, 2005 (NOT an April
> Fool's joke, btw <grin>)?
> 
> I was driving through San Jose at about 11:30 p.m.
> (2330 PST; GMT -8:00, I think), and saw what appeared
> to be a fairly slow-moving, greenish fireball travelling
> from E to SE, at about 20 degrees above the horizon.
> It moved at about a 30 degree angle downward, for about
> 10-15 apparent degrees across the sky.  It appeared to
> be about -5 magnitude, but with the extreme light
> pollution of downtown San Jose limiting magnitude it
> may have been much brighter to an observer on the
> East side of the Bay.
> 
> During the 2-3 seconds it was visible, it appeared to
> be shedding sparks as well as leaving a distinct trail
> for about 2 seconds.
> 
> Again, due to the extreme light pollution I was unable to
> see what constellations were in the sky to determine a
> radiant.  I could see only one or two stars in the sky at
> all.
> 
> Hope someone else saw this...
> 
> Clear Skies,
>                    Ray Jones,
>                    Eureka, California
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