[AZ-Observing] Re: brilliant bolide near Tucson?!
- From: Wayne Westlake <24launch@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:27:10 -0700
Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy), have you found out any further information on
what you and your wife saw?
I saw a nice quick meteor and satellite flare both nearly straight
over head but it was more around 7:30 (I was out BBQing steaks).
Wayne Westlake (NOT Mr. Galaxy)
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy)
<mrgalaxy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 15480 Empire Rd.
> Benson, AZ 85602
> hm ph: 520-586-2244
> I sure hope some of the meteor cameras were set up and observing at about
> 8:25pm tonight (Tuesday), especially in the Tucson area.
> My wife, Arlene, and I were both driving our own cars home after meeting for
> dinner and as we turned west onto our frontage road we both saw a spectacular
> bolide going from around Aries to west of Cassiopeia in a NNW direction about
> 45 degrees up in the sky and traveling for about 45 degrees. It had a nice
> orange head with greenish-white fragments falling off it. The skies were
> mostly clear and the fireball appeared to be about the brightness of Venus,
> about -4 magnitude. It moved fairly slowly and lasted for several seconds,
> but I couldn't detect any trail. Arlene described it as appearing to fall out
> of the sky. We both saw it independently and couldn't talk about it until we
> got home about 5 minutes after the event, but our basic observations agree
> surprisingly well.
> We both strongly suspect, if particles of it fell to the ground, they would
> have fallen in the Marsh Station area near the base of the Rincon Mts. It
> would be neat to hear if anybody else can triangulate from our information.
> I don't know why it is, but I always see the best meteors when I'm driving...
>
> Clear skies,
> Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy)
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