tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7087012295275878735.post7057972843510467838..comments2022-08-19T04:57:28.579-06:00Comments on elp allsky: Large, Very Bright Atlanta GA Fireball Bolide Captured By NASA Fireball Cameras 03:58:11 EDT 28AUG2011Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7087012295275878735.post-34653809306788613592011-08-31T12:59:16.257-06:002011-08-31T12:59:16.257-06:00I posted my observations of this event in the chat...I posted my observations of this event in the chatbox as "Guest300", with a link to the NASA info posted above, but my observations haven't shown up here. <br /><br />In addition to what the NASA site has, I'd like to add that the light was an intense bluish-white, similar to xenon headlights, brighter than a full moon. The head of the fireball was a horseshoe-crab shape with a distinct notch in the middle of the back. the head was slightly smaller than the full moon when it died, about 1/3 of a degree across. This was at about 35-50 degrees above the horizon as seen from a point near the intersection of N. Decatur Road and Clairemont Rd. in Decatur GA, just east of Emory University. The track appeared to be slightly east of me, at its highest point it would have been within 25 degrees of the zenith (though I only saw the last 20 or so degrees of its path) and the apparent heading was about 20-30 degrees E. of due south.EWHnoreply@blogger.com