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david entwistle
PostPosted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:48 pm 
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There's a very nice fireball recorded as the Astronomy Picture of the Day.

On September 30, a spectacular bolide or fireball meteor surprised a group of amateur astronomers enjoying dark night skies over the Oklahoma panhandle's Black Mesa State Park in the Midwestern US. Flashing past familiar constellations Taurus (top) and Orion, the extremely bright meteor was captured by a hillside camera overlooking the 2008 Okie-Tex Star Party...

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