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[gothwalk]

I just saw something very large cross the sky outside, as we were coming home. White-green, quite a trail, in the west, travelling down and (apparently) north. It was gone very quickly. I'd say about one-third the diameter of the full moon. Anyone know how to find out what it might have been?

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[crimmycat.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a fireball - saw one once that went from nearly horizon to horizon, bright enough to leave a rainbow-streaked trail behind it. I wish I'd see more, but I'm not outside much at night, and they're pretty rare. They're much more common - if you can ever call them that - when earth passes through a comet's debris trail, but can occur at any time.