(meteorobs) Brilliant Fireball Dec. 29/30 Northeastern U.S.

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In a message dated 12/29/2008 10:42:13 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
JBortle at aol.com writes:
 
I'm sure this event must have been widely  
observed and must  have been extremely spectacular in the Boston, MA  and 
Providence, RI  areas well east of me.




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Here are two reports of the same object seen by John  Bortle by members of 
the Amateur Observers' Society (AOS) of New York: 
 
Wondering if anyone saw the bright blue/green meteor at  9:27 pm on
December 29th. I was facing towards the west when I saw a bright  flash
on the ground and when I turned around I caught the end of the  meteor.
It was blue/green and left a a 3-4 degree sparkling train behind  it.
It was traveling southeast to North/Northwest about 40-45 degrees  off
the eastern horizon quite spectacular!
What is amazing I spend 99.9%  of my time inside my observatory
inside the warm room and do not spend hardly  any time outside under
the stars with the exception of tonight. I have one  mount 100%
automated and it was imaging ic405 at the time, the second mount  was
just set up and is a visual rig. While I enjoy imaging in  the
observatory it is hard to beat being outside in the air under the  stars.
Danny Janosick


I caught the tail end of the same meteor as I was  turning onto Route 110 
from the Southern State Parkway.  I noted the same  time as you.  It looked blue 
green the portion that I saw, which was just  before burnout.
 
Rich Huber

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