Saw a bright meteor today

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Saw a bright meteor today

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Whilst doing some observing this evening (Tues), I happened to look up briefly and saw a bright meteor. It was at 8.30pm.

The meteor was very bright, about that of Sirius, but cream-yellowish, and was about 15-20 degrees long and low in the NNW. It streaked downwards to the horizon. Probably a sporadic.

Wonder if anyone else saw it?

For a person with a poor track record with meteors, this was quite an unexpected but lucky sight!
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Post by Canopus Lim »

I did not see that one... sometimes I do see bright sporadic meteors in Singapore. I think probably 2 or 3 times I have seen meteors through the eyepiece too.
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