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Meteor (Meteor)
Observer: Mike Pierce (e-mail: deltavega@lycos.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Marianna, Florida
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Thu May 6 16:35:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 991
Tonight, as my family and began enjoying some nice, clear weather and were in the backyard, I noted a huge "fireball". As it streaked from east to west, it appeared to come right over our area. It left an obvious smoke train and I could have sworn I heard it "pop" several times. One of the better meteors I have observed.
Mars (Planet)
Observer: Mike Pierce (e-mail: deltavega@lycos.com)
Instrument: 10X50-mm binoculars Location: Marianna, Florida
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Oct 10 01:30:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 894
I observed Mars through my binos and got a good ob of a reddish disk although it seems not as prononunced as in the past two months or so. My scope has been used up and spherical aberration is obvious as the setting glues have loosened. I will get another soon. I got 6 years out of a department store issue scope, not too bad. Looking into getting a 5" refractor. My ob of Mars was a once in a lifetime opportunity and due to to the failure of the optics in my 3" refractor, I missed one of the greatest apparitions possible. I would like to hear from anyone who had good sitings or did some CCD imaging.
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