[AZ-Observing] Re: Bolide!

Yes the 5:45ish bolide was seen from Vekol VERY LOW in the north about 5*,
but not clearly.  The north was obscurred by clouds and in the Phoenix sky
glow.  Hence, no one was looking directly in that direction.  The comments
were:  "it was probably not a Leonid since it looked like it was going in
the wrong direction west to east", "it lit up the foreground clouds over
Phoenix ", it probably was well north of Payson", I'll bet Chris Schur (in
Payson) got quite a show".  It also flashed at the end of its visible life.

Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Bolide!

> Yes! Just about time to tear down the equipment I saw it. Bright green and
> white stuff slowly going across the northern horizon. At the mid point of
> it's travel, a very bright explosive event. It seemed it was a "tumbling"
> explosive event. I was located a few miles below Happy Jack, Az. It was at
> least 40 degrees in length, maybe about five degrees above the horizon. I
> wrote down the time and approx. location, too. The notes are at home, but
I
> think it was at 5:23am.


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