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Northern Taurids, 11th November (with added fireball)

Started by Rick, Nov 12, 2021, 12:45:48

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Rick

Last night's meteor spotting was pretty much all over by midnight (when the clouds rolled  back in) but there was one interesting event just after 10pm that was seen by quite a few people across the country.

The UKMON orbital analysis identifies it as an A1 Taurid (The GMN quick analysis filed it as a Northern Taurid).

Here's my tracked-stack from last night:

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This diagram shows where the system thinks the meteors came from. The fireball was so bright it got counted twice...



Roberto