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Re: (meteorobs) Taurid fireball



>the past.  This lead the BAA Meteor Section Director to conclude that 
>Taurid fireballs do not exist(!) even though evidence for Taurid fireballs
goes 
>back to at least the 11th Century and there are numerous photographs.

Two Novembers ago I was observing leonids with Peter Brown and Martin Beech
at the Elginfield Observatory. A beautiful blue-cyan and slow mag -4
fireball was seen to the north east. Peter identified it as a Taurid
(east). I'm not an expert, but I sure enjoyed the experience even if it did
not exist. :-)

Dave

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