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    Jan 20, 2022 3 minutes

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    Andrew Morl @AndrewMorl • Dec 14 There was normal cloud for the peak of the Geminids, but gaps in the cloud gave us views of the Moon through the 8-inch Dobsonian. The picture is straight off the phone, not edited. @GrassholmeObser @ ThisisDurham @ThePhotoHour @skyatnightmag #moonshots

    Great ball of fire?

    At around 5pm on 23 November I was running with friends between classes at the Southend Campus of Essex University, when we suddenly all noticed what looked like a fireball falling in front of

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