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(meteorobs) Fireball Sighting



Greetings  meteorobs@latrade.com
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Thought you may be interested in yet another green meteor sighting.

I sighted a bright fireball at 21:33 EDT this evening (6/15-6/16).  Low on
the horizion moving south to north, the object grew from a bright point to
an oblong disk about the diameter of the moon.  Color was florescent green.

Begin azimuth 230 mag, ending at 250 mag.  Elv 5 deg down to 3 deg.

Sighting was against a bright horizion over a street-light and neon poluted
street (US Route 1), suggesting a significant magnitude.

Duration was 3 to 5 seconds, during which the meteor was easily resolvable
and trackable as a moving point of light (no "streaking" or trail behind),
although it was moving rappidly, ~5 deg/sec.

Location of sighting was 73 deg 05 min West and 41 deg 14 min North -
Milford, CT.

This was reported to the AMS on their web page, but the page returns no
response leaving the feeling that it is not functioning correctly.

Best wishes.

Michael E. Davias                                        mike@cintos.com
146 High St. #304                                   Milford, CT 06460

   "It is a characteristic conceit of our species to put a human
    face on random cosmic violence.  "                 - Carl Sagan
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   "Improbable as it is, all other explanations are more
     improbable still."                                 - S. Holmes
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