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SoCal fireball
Did anyone in the Los Angeles area see a bright fireball a few minutes after
7:00 pdt tonight? It was an intense green color and around mag. -7. From my location in LaVerne, Ca. (about 35 miles east of LA) it started about 60 degrees high in the North and went down to the eastern horizon. It was a small bright teardrop with a short tail; it left no train and did not fragment. It faded rapidly some 20 deg. up but remained faintly visible until I lost it in the horizon clutter. It was moving way too fast to be space junk, but not quite as fast as a Perseid for example. This was close enough to sunset that I consider it my first daytime sighting! |
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