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(meteorobs) NAMN Fireball Report 2004-03-20, WASHOE VALLEY, NEVADA (fwd)


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From:    NAMN Fireball Reports <namn@atmob.org>
Subject: NAMN Fireball Report 2004-03-20, WASHOE VALLEY,  NEVADA
Date:    Sat, 20 Mar 2004 09:17:54 -0500 (EST)

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DATE: 2004-03-20
TIME: 13:14:00 UT

TOWN and STATE: WASHOE VALLEY,  NEVADA
ELEVATION: 5,100 ft.

LONGITUDE: 119; LATITUDE: 39

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APPARENT PATH:

BEGIN: RA = ; DEC = 
    or AZIMUTH = 210; ELEVATION = 25

END:   RA = ; DEC = 
    or AZIMUTH = 225; ELEVATION = 05 (North=360, East=90)

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FIREBALL DATA:

APPARENT MAGNITUDE: -4.0 m
DURATION: 2 sec.
COLOR: BLUE/WHITE

FRAGMENTATION:
NONE

PERSISTENT TRAIN DURATION: NONE sec.

VELOCITY SCALE NUMBER: 3
(Note: 0=Stationary, 1=Very Slow, 2=Slow, 3=Medium, 4=Fast, 5=Very Fast)

SOUNDS:
NONE

SOUND TIME LAPSE: 

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WAS FIREBALL SIGHTED DURING A METEOR OBSERVING WATCH? NO

IF YES, THE OBSERVING PERIOD BEGAN AT:  UT
                         and ENDED AT:  UT

THE FIREBALL WAS A MEMBER OF WHAT SHOWER? SPO

Please put any additional remarks, sketches, drawings, etc. below:
    THIS METEOR WAS SIGHTED AS I WAS DRIVING THROUGH WASHOE VALLEY ON MY WAY 
HOME FROM WORK. THE CORE OF THE METEOR WAS A TRANSLUCENT BLUE/WHITE COLOR, AND 
BOTH SIDES OF THE METEOR WERE AN OPAQUE MEDIUM BLUE IN COLOR. BOTH SIDES OF THE 
METEOR WERE ABOUT 2 DEGREES IN LENGTH TRAILING BEHIND THE CORE. THERE WAS NO 
PERSISTANT TRAIN, NO DEBRIS PATH, NO FLARING OF THE CORE. IT JUST DISAPPEARED 
ABOUT 5 DEGREES ABOVE THE HORIZON TO THE SOUTHWEST.
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