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Re: (meteorobs) Short Intro
Thank you for the input. I truly appreciate it. No, I'm sorry to say
that it couldn't be the same fireball. The one I saw was at dawn
twilight at ~0450 MST on July 15.
Thanks for replying though.
Dave Andrews
free@auhsdot edu wrote:
>
> Back in July I reported I also saw a fireball shooting west to east at
> about 10:45 to 11pm. Now i was on the extreme eastern coast of N.
> carolina's outer banks. Could i have seen the same fireball observed in
> Arizona? Thanks, Bill F.
>
> p.s. Figures, one of thee nights for the Perseid max and all I've got
> in Pennsylvania is rain and clouds. :-(
>
> On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Dave
> Andrews wrote:
>
> > Hi List, (and Lew)
> > Greetings from Holbrook, AZ. I am new here and have found your site
> > most interesting. I have observed many showers (but never counted the
> > rates) since I was a kid and have always been extremely interested in
> > Astronomy. I'm no Einstein, but have taken a few college courses on the
> > subject.
> >
> > I recently was "bitten" by the bug with the news of the Casa Grande
> > fireball here in AZ in June. That prompted me to go to our own
> > Strewnfield here in Holbrook and try to recover a meteorite. I only
> > wish I had known about it years ago. I never realized the tremendous
> > amount of people who had already been there in the last 86 years, but I
> > haven't given up yet.
> >
> > The reason I signed up for this list (and the meteorite-central list as
> > well), is because I saw the best fireball of my life on July 15th of
> > this year. After reporting it, I found that a co-worker and myself were
> > the only ones to see and report it. I only wish he would have been 30
> > miles away from me at the time. My goal in life: to observe a fall and
> > recover it...kind of like winning the lottery.
> >
> > Thanks for letting me join in and I will continue to subscribe as this
> > is most informative.
> >
> > Dave Andrews
> >
>
> William M. Free
> FREE@auhsdot edu
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