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Originally Posted by gary
At 16:09 in broad daylight, while driving along Wylds Rd in Arcadia,
we witnessed a spectacular meteor. It shone with a brllliant blue and
white 'arc light' and I could make out the black meteorite itself before it
appeared to vapourize.
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Amazing , Gary , I saw it too and was not far from you on Arcadia Rd , Arcadia
My windscreen was a bit dusty, but I saw two strong flashes in quick succession and couldn't believe my eyes. I think that was my first naked eye daytime meteor.
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I thoroughly enjoyed the SPSP. Great company as always. There is clearly resurgance of interest in SCT's due to the explosion of Digital astrophotograghy. I didn't get around much to look through many scopes as I was manning the 12" binos most of the time, but Peter Bobroffs 16" F4 was a marvel. You could lean on the tube/mount while viewing and get very comfortable without any image vibration.