# so I saw a meteor shower tonight

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 20, 2002, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-saw-a-meteor-shower-tonight/137708 "2002-11-20T06:10:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-saw-a-meteor-shower-tonight/137708/1 "2002-11-20T06:10:19Z")

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I was out walking my dog about half an hour ago and across the sky I saw a long shooting star, or so I thought except that it was really low and it had this smoke across the sky. Kind of like when a fighter jet crosses and leaves that trail of smoke. It was really cool, I was awestruck.

Did anyone else see one tonight as well?

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**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2002, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-saw-a-meteor-shower-tonight/137708/2 "2002-11-20T18:27:41Z")

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Welbywife and I set the alarm.

We set the auto-brew on the coffee maker.

And slept through the prime viewing hours anyway.