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Fireball?

Davaeo09 · 2011-01-28 13:25:33

Hi folks last night I was leaning about my window smoking when I noticed a growing light in the sky when I looked up I caught what I thought was a shooting star but it got brighter still and moved slower, with a fairly innocent flash it was gone :O I've only seen one before, but always believed they were exclusive to…

28-01-2011 1:25pm

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Hi folks last night I was leaning about my window smoking when I noticed a growing light in the sky when I looked up I caught what I thought was a shooting star but it got brighter still and moved slower, with a fairly innocent flash it was gone :O

I've only seen one before, but always believed they were exclusive to certain meteor showers?

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Could be a chinese latern.

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#3 29-01-2011 12:53am

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AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Could be a chinese latern.

Spot on I'd say.

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#4 29-01-2011 7:45pm

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It was a meteor/meteorite. http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0128/astronomy.html

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#5 30-01-2011 3:42pm

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Plug wrote: »

Spot on I'd say.

Nope it surely wasn't i've seen them before, I live on the side of a big hill away from civilisation so I doubt it :P

Thanks Markok84

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