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Dan DePippa
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Requesting expert opinion

Post by Dan DePippa » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:46 pm

Last night while taking pictures of the sunset facing west in central NJ, I took the following photo and was wondering if anyone could identify what it is.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3573/337 ... 7a11_o.jpg

I have more pictures of the event at the following webaddress:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3601/337 ... 4278_o.jpg

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Re: Requesting expert opinion

Post by neufer » Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:17 am

Dan DePippa wrote:Last night while taking pictures of the sunset facing west in central NJ,
I took the following photo and was wondering if anyone could identify what it is.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3573/337 ... 7a11_o.jpg

I have more pictures of the event at the following webaddress:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3601/337 ... 4278_o.jpg
There was a large fireball over Georgia around 3 a.m. Friday
but nothing for anywhere else.

Did it move?
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Re: Requesting expert opinion

Post by Dan DePippa » Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:23 am

It did...

If you look at the location on this picture, it is more to the left of the bump below it...but I took this about 7pm eastern in NJ.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3550/337 ... 93b6_b.jpg

reported it to the http://www.amsmeteors.org/index.html website as well.

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Re: Requesting expert opinion

Post by neufer » Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:12 pm

Dan DePippa wrote:It did [move]...

If you look at the location on this picture, it is more to the left of the bump below it...but I took this about 7pm eastern in NJ.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3550/337 ... 93b6_b.jpg
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070605.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031001.html
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