Camelopardalid Meteor Shower Skimpy but Sweet

(Before It's News)

A Camelopardalid meteor flashes across the Cassiopeia-Andromeda border this morning May 24 seen from north of Duluth, Minn. U.S.. Credit: Bob King

So how were the ‘Cams’ by you? Based on a few reports via e-mail and my own vigil of two and a half hours centered on the predicted maximum of  2 a.m. CDT (7 UT) Saturday morning the Camelopardalid meteor shower did not bring down the house. BUT it did produce some unusually slow meteors and (from my site) one exception fireball with a train that lasted more than 20 minutes. (…)
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