FreeLists / az-observing / [AZ-Observing] Re: BRIGHT meteoric flash

[BillFerris@xxxxxxx]

The flash was visible from Doney Mtn picnic area (N35d 31'55.0"; W111d 
24'16.0"), about 26 miles north of Flagstaff, where Brent Archinal and I were 
observing. I had my back turned when the first flash went off and turned 
around in time to see two others. There impression I got was that there were 
green, blue and yellow flashes. But it's difficult to know since they 
happened so quickly. We did not see the bollide associated with the flashes 
as it was behind a cinder cone. Brent noted the time as 12:27 a.m. MST, if I 
recall correctly.

Earlier, I saw a fireball (~ mag. of -3) which shot southeast-northwest 
through Bootes along a path just below and parallel to Epsilon and Sigma/Rho 
Bootis.

Regards,

Bill

Andrew Cooper wrote:
> The event of the night had to be a meteor the streaked just before
> 12:30am, annonced by an enormous flash, brighter than any I had seen
> before, like a camera flash let off a few feet away, an industrial
> strength pro photographer's flash.  I was looking in an eyepiece at the
> moment and wasn't night blinded like some others.  When I looked up
> immediately there was a beautiful streak and breakup in the SE sky in
> the direction of Sierra Vista, green, yellow and several small sparks at
> the base of am almost vertical streak.
> 
================
Bill Ferris
"Cosmic Voyage: The Online Resource for Amateur Astronomers"
URL: http://www.cosmic-voyage.net


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