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[AJ Crayon <acrayon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As an addendum to Steve's report, in the two or three second glimpse I 
got, this meteor seemed to be on the slow side.

Clearer skies to all,
aj

Steve Coe wrote:

>Howdy;
>AJ and I saw a very nice fireball last night, we were doing a viewing session 
>from east of Fountain Hills off the Beeline Hwy.  The bright meteor was in the 
>southeast, it moved from Hydra into Puppis.  The color was a brilliant 
>blue-white and it broke up at the end of the path.  I would estimate its path 
>at 60 degrees long and the magnitude at -6, it was brighter than Venus.
>
>Unlike the usual meteor there was time for me to turn AJ around and he had 
>time to observe the last half of its track and give it an "OO-AH" with me.  
>According to AJ's watch it was 9:44 MST.
>
>Anyone else see this beauty?
>Steve Coe
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