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(meteorobs) amatuer observations
Just returned from a 61/2 hour venture out and
was amazed at what we saw. Not only was the planets nice this
evening, but between me and my partner I was with, we counted 85
meteors. Most was in the same general section of sky around the planets
Saturn and Jupiter and the Constellation Orion. Most originated east to
southeast and ended moving west to northwest through the sky although
a few was definitely not a part of that. Of the 85 we spotted, one was
green colored with a white tail and was to the northeast of my location.
It lasted about 5 seconds and flashed bright white at the end. It left a
trail that resembles airliner trails when they fly high and it hung in the air
for a while. 2 others was red and flashed white when they ended. The
rest were quick little ones that lasted a brief second and came in pairs or
trios. We mainly concentrated on the eastern part of the sky this
evening.
Location: approx. 30 miles East of Ft. Myers
Florida.
Time: between 7:30pm EST and 1am EST Nov.
16/17
I hope Sunday Morning between 2am and sunrise is as
clear as tonight was!
Clear Skies!
Mark