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Old 19-10-2011, 01:14 AM
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Shooting star 11:30 south/east 2 north/west sydney

Hello people, just wondering if anyone caught the shooting star I did tonight.

I have never seen one that was so slow with such a long tail on it before. It was easily brighter than jupiter and must of taken between 7-10 seconds before it broke up into around 6+ pieces and faded. It was silver or white in colour and its tail would of been about the width of my fist outstretched in length. I was travelling on the M5 coming home and spotted it out the window! from google maps I figured it was travelling in a south east to north west direction.

What do you think it was that I saw? Are objects burning up really slow usually something falling out of orbit?
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Old 16-09-2012, 07:32 PM
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Shooting star seen in Marrickville

Hi, don't think it was the same one, but I saw shooting star around 7:30 pm going east west.
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