[AZ-Observing] Re: Fireball over central AZ
- From: "Bob Erdmann" <bobe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 04:16:11 -0700
Rats!!! Here I am in Prescott, and I was sound asleep! You need to give me
more warning time for these, Brian :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Skiff" <Brian.Skiff@xxxxxxxxxx>
> About 7:24 UT = 12:24am I saw a fairly bright fireball from
> Anderson Mesa. Direction was roughly southwest toward Prescott,
> and probably that far or farther. Electric-arc blue, rather diffuse
> or fuzzy, a few fragments falling off near the end. Very rapid,
> heading west/southwest, and no persistent train. About as bright as
> the Moon, roughly mag -6 or -8 (the Moon's shadows were replaced
> by the shadows of the fireball momentarily). Probably pretty
> spectacular for anyone outside in the Prescott-Wickenburg-Aguila area.
>
> \Brian
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