(meteorobs) meteorobs Fireball?

[meteoreye at comcast.net]

I was awake, but didn't notice anything at the time; howver my view from the room I was in is to the ESE (I watch Arcturus rise from the couch)

If the NJAA all sky camera has been repaired, I'll see if we caught anything, though that's pretty close to the time we shut it down.

Wayne, in NW NJ

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From: drobnock <drobnock at penn.com> 

> About 6:00 am EST today (13 Jan) I went out to observe predawn the sky. 
> The temperature was 27degF. Sky high Clouds and hazy. The limited mag 
> was 3 to 4. I was out to 6:27 AM and decided to go inside. My location 
> is central Pennsylvania. 
> 
> About the time I went in to the house -- lights still out -- I noticed a 
> bright flash mag -15(?) - the surrounding area briefly light up. At 
> first I thought a passing car or the other thought lightning. It lasted 
> about a 1/2 second. The brightness appeared to be from the north east. 
> 
> I looked for a possible trail. Nothing. 
> 
> Any other Mid Atlantic observers see a similar event? 
> 
> Sorry about the spottyness of the details. 
> 
> George John Drobnock 
> 
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