[AZ-Observing] Re: Fireball Anyone?
- From: "SkyWatcher" <skywatcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:16:42 -0700
Dan,
It was definitely a fireball not a bolide (no explosion or fragmentation at
the end of the siting).
We caught about 5 to 7 seconds of viewing.
The trail as it was coming down was at least a -4 or -5 (brighter than
Venus), the head was almost as bright as the moon (1 day past 1st quarter)
maybe -9 or -10.
The head was about 1/4 a full moon width.
It was pretty spectacular!!!
The group we were with had plenty of time for everyone to turn and see it.
I hope this helps.
Tony
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[mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Heim
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 10:53 AM
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Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Fireball Anyone?
Tony, what was your estimate of the peak magnitude? My contact at ASC
says they run a rooftop all-sky camera, caught the fireball on video,
and were in the process of extracting what data they could from the
video with the assistance of ASU. Still waiting to hear back from her.
She's not an astronomer herself, but is helping out with the educational
programs. Had to explain the difference between a fireball and a bolide.
And from what I've read so far, this was definitely a fireball and not a
bolide. -Dan Heim
On 12/12/2013 7:36 AM, SkyWatcher wrote:
> Jack,
>
> We were doing a stargazing event at the Cibola Vista Resort on Lake
> Pleasant Parkway, in Peoria.
>
> We all saw the fireball...7:10 PM.
>
> We caught it about 30 degrees up to it faded around 10 degrees above
> the horizon.
>
> It was dazzling and glowed bright green.
>
> Tony LaConte
>
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