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    #62
    Deep Easterly
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    WolfeIRE wrote: »
    interesting deep. hope it wasn't an aircraft. googled there for latest news and also searched twitter but nothing has turned up yet

    Panic over, kids letting fireworks off from a nearby estate :rolleyes::rolleyes:. How embarrasing that I actually informed half the nation of this! (or whatever % read boards! )


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    #63
    up for anything
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    Jake1 wrote: »
    beware of ' the Chinese lantern brigade ' LOL

    Did you ever contact Astronomy Ireland about what you saw that night and if so did they have any explanation?


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    #64
    Lumi
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    Deep Easterly wrote: »
    OK, in the last 2 mins I just seen a ball of light rapidly head from SW to NE and then disappear! :eek:. Looked like a meteorite but lasted much longer (about 3 seconds) and was much brighter but moved with the same speed before it just disapeared!

    Did anyone else spot? (I am in Galway)

    It couldn't have been the ISS at that time
    FYI you can check satellites etc which would have been visible from Tuam at that time here http://spaceweather.com/flybys/search_results.php?lat=53.5167&long=-8.85&offset=0&country=IE&state=Galway&city=Tuaim
    It looks like you saw a large meteor or
    fireball (how bright was it?)
    Congrats !!
    Report it to Astronomy Ireland
    OR
    Then again it could have been kids letting off fireworks !!!


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    #65
    lord lucan
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    Just over 7 weeks to Halloween,expect more of this over the coming weeks. In saying that i haven't heard any around my way yet.


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    #66
    Iancar29
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    Heard a few goin off up hear in Finglas ( typical )
    Not lookin forward to it all this year as to having a pup and dunno how he's gonna react to his first Halloween.

    But ye I wouldn't expect fireworks imitating meteors as the fact that they wouldn't being goin horizontally across the sky. But ye it's not impossible. Lookin forward to the next meteor shower in December :)


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    #67
    Deep Easterly
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    Iancar29 wrote: »

    But ye I wouldn't expect fireworks imitating meteors as the fact that they wouldn't being goin horizontally across the sky. But ye it's not impossible. Lookin forward to the next meteor shower in December :)

    I have seen these type of fireworks before, the sort of single flare ones that shot up and drop again before they disappear. It was odd though the way it was seemed to travel horizontally as you say, but that could have been due to the way it was fired or something but I can't say for sure as I am no firework specialist.


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    #68
    Lumi
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    Deep Easterly wrote: »
    I am no firework specialist.
    For future reference
    Meteor
    cd635a88.jpg


    Firework
    8abddb07.jpg
    :D:D:D


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