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We saw it at the SVAA group night!!!!! It was at 9:46pm.
Man-o-Man it was bright!!!! and as Leon said, bits were breaking of in an orange display like fireworks. It is the brightest Meteor I have ever seen!
Immediately after the yells and 'WOW's we stood there dumstruck and none of us spoke for about 20 seconds! I think we were in shock!
It lit up our observing area and the sky. It was as bright as looking into one of those bluish/white headlights on new cars and it actually moved quite slow leaving a smoke trail with the smoke curling into patterns. The Orange bits falling of were just as spectacular as the main fireball itself.
Could have been a Geminid coz it came from under Orion and travelled SW across almost half the sky.
The event only lasted about 6 seconds but has burnt itself permanently into my memory.
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