(IAAC) Obj: Fireball - Inst: naked eye

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• Subject: (IAAC) Obj: Fireball - Inst: naked eye
• From: "Georgos Akrivas" <georgos@hol.gr>
• Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 01:11:45 +0200
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Observer: Giorgos Akrivas	
Your skill: beginner
Date and UT of observation: 7th December, 1996, 17:37 UT
Location & latitude: Athens, Greece, 38N
Site classification: suburban
Limiting magnitude (visual): 5.0
Seeing (1 to 5 - best to worst): 2
Moon up: no
Instrument: naked eye
Object: Fireball 
Constellation: Andromeda, Pegasus
Description: 
I saw a rather slow fireball, it started from Andromeda and it
ended in the big square of Pegasus. It had an impressive
red-orange colour, and towards the end of it, it had
a visible width. 

Georgos Akrivas
mailto:georgos@hol.gr

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