Orionid Meteor Shower 2012

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Orionid Meteor Shower 2012

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Just saw a bright white meteor blazing across the sky at the corridor outside my house at about 2:14am. Almost as bright as Jupiter and definitely brighter than any other stars around its path.

Was trying to visually count stars in Pleiades after I got out of the lift when it happened.

The flight path shown by the white arrow:
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It is about 1.5 seconds slow and has a short tail. Like a bright white tadpole. Easily the best one I have seen in Singapore! Damn unreal! Still in state of shock now. :)

It doesn't seem to radiate from the Club of Orion so not sure if it is part of Orionids (but I don't really care what is it called since it does not reduce its majesty! :)). Also double checked it is not an Iridium Flare or satellite which should not have a tail anyway and usually not at this timing (after midnight).

Good luck to everyone hunting for Orionids this coming weekend in SG or other countries! :)

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