Some Minnesotans were treated to an astral spectacle late Wednesday night, as what appeared to be a meteor flashed across the night sky in parts of Minnesota.

WCCO viewer Diane Lloyd captured footage of the possible meteor over Sartell at about 10:15 p.m.

About 150 miles northeast of Sartell, The Duluth Harbor Cam on Lake Superior also caught what may be the same meteor over the Aerial Lift Bridge.

This could be meteor debris from Halley's comet , which passes near Earth about every 76 years, according to NASA.

Back in July, WCCO spoke with Thaddeus LaCoursiere of the Bell Museum , on the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus. He said comets are made of rock, dust and ice orbiting the sun. When they get close to the sun, they heat up and form a fiery tail.

Diane Lloy

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