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NOTE ON CREDIBILITY: I made note of this the day and time that it happened because it caught my eye, which is why I was able to report in pretty good detail even though I'm reporting months later. Only just now after learning of recent fireballs over the US and hearing the definition of one did I realize that what I saw in November met the definition for fireball! I took an astronomy course and lab in college but beyond that I'm just an amateur who stargazes on my balcony most nights for fun (mostly naked eye, sometimes binoculars). NOTE ON THE FIREBALL: I saw it and tracked it for somewhere between 50-60deg across my FOV, lasting 5-6sec. Its brightness fluctuated while in motion which really caught my eye, it had a spike in brightness somewhere towards the middle of its path (that I saw). NOTE ON AN ADDITIONAL METEOR: At 8:26pm on the same night I saw another meteor, this one was almost directly overhead (80deg up maybe?) and if I recall correctly it was moving (generally) either east to west or west to east (I remember because it skirted along the edge of the balcony above me). This one had a much more common appearance though, wasn't as bright (though I think still brighter than Venus) and didn't last as long (maybe 2sec); in my notes, I compared its appearance to a roman candle. |
