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Observing beneath the Shadows of Jupiter
      #2561169 - 08/05/08 06:51 AM

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Re: Observing beneath the Shadows of Jupiter new [Re: asaint]
      #2562720 - 08/05/08 08:49 PM

What a fantastic write-up! I felt like I was there sharing the view through your 20 incher. Thank you so much for sharing and you are a very good writer!

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Re: Observing beneath the Shadows of Jupiter new [Re: asaint]
      #2565608 - 08/07/08 06:59 AM

Good article. It's interesting you should mention bolides.

A group of us were observing on Aug. 3 (Sunday) in Northern Maryland and saw a spectacular green bolide sailing across the southern sky, just above Jupiter and Sagittarius. When it broke into pieces several seconds later, it made a flash that appeared several times brighter than the full moon.

A few hours later (1:03am) we saw a second bolide just below Polaris. It wasn't as bright - about twice as bright as Venus, say - but two in one night was definitely impressive.

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Re: Observing beneath the Shadows of Jupiter new [Re: rtroxel]
      #2569061 - 08/08/08 06:23 PM

Very enjoyable read.

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