[AZ-Observing] Re: Bolide!


--- brett watson <bwatson@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> on the way home from the kofa site (which i'll post
> a report on when i'm 
> lucid), about 30 miles out of phoenix on I-10, at
> approx. 5:45am...  i saw 
> a wonderful flaming/green bolide streaking low on
> the northern horizon, 
> going west to east.  i dont' see how it could have
> been a leonid.  it was 
> *huge*...  probably a finger-width held out at arms
> length.  it was about 
> 10 degrees above the horizon to the north.
> 
> it caught my eye with the flash as it entered the
> atmosphere.  i paniced as 
> i thought maybe a plane was coming down on me :)
> 
> it flashed brightly, and then trailed a wispy, wide
> trail of green for 
> about 20 degrees before dying.  no persistance in
> the trail though.  it was 
> *awesome*, in addition to quite a good night.
> 
> -b

I saw this also, very low in the north, as I was
driving east on I8 after leaving Sentinel. I noticed
the streaking meteor, green hue, and multiple
fragments. One of my students saw it from the
Utah/Arizona border where it appeared much higher in
the sky.



=====
Michael Aaron McNeely
Goodyear, Arizona
mamcneely@xxxxxxxxx

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