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I was driving north on Old Stagecoach Road. My job is testing cell network service and as part of my job I am given GPS points to drive to. I had just passed my first point (at 29.984083, -97.891933) of the morning precisely at 5am local time. The meteor started to be visible about 30 seconds after I had passed my first point. I was driving slow, about 30 mph, so I estimate my position where I saw it was 29.988705, -97.892033. I estimate it was visible for 3 seconds. I had the windows up in the car so I wouldn't have heard any noise from the fireball. I am also an amateur astronomer and belonged to the Central Florida Astronomical Society in the mid 80's to the early 90's (I'm visiting Austin as part of my job). During that time I observed (with fellow club members) the Quadrantids, Perseids, and Geminids. This is the first fireball I've seen in many years, I'm glad some other people have reported it, hopefully it's trajectory can be pinpointed. I didn't think to get out of the car and see what constellation it appeared against, sorry. That would have given me a more precise idea of the altitude and azimuth. |
