[AZ-Observing] Re: Fireball? Iridium Flare?
- From: "Mike Loftus" <mikeloftus@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 12:00:31 -0700
Wow is right! At 5:41 pm while driving east at Stanford and 44th street,
right in
front of me I saw a very bright, and very large fire ball. It looked due
east
to me, coming down right over the top of Camelback mountain streaking near
straight
down perhaps not too far east of Scottsdale. The leading edge appeared
straight with
a tail 30 degrees long. Most of the center was bright white and the edges
appeared
yellow to orange. Very cool!
Mike
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Hi Jim!
Wow! Seems like we can definitely try this triangulating thing. I'll try to
get my friend to trace out exactly the path of this fireball, probably
tomorrow morning. She merely just told me the position of the meteors in
reference to the surrounding buildings. I think I now get what she meant and
the track probably would have been more as you described. Anyway, I'll try
to
get an accurate report. Glad too that you also saw this fireball! Clear
Skies!! :)
p/s: anyone out for auroras?
Derrick Lim
The Laboratory for Multi-Disciplinary Analysis and Design of Material-Wave
Interactions
Department of Electrical Engineering
Arizona State University
Personal homepage: http://www.public.asu.edu/~antares
Lab homepage: http://ceaspub.eas.asu.edu/nivadellir
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Jim Warthman wrote:
> On 2003-11-20 6:41 PM, "CLEARSKIES@xxxxxxx" <DERRICK.LIM@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > A friend of mine reported seeing a fireball over the Tempe area around
5:50pm
> > travelling from southwest to northeast. She didn't describe how bright
it was,
> > but she just said that its really bright. Just wondering is it an
Iridium
> > flare or a fireball. Any one see anything to confirm this? Thank you!
Clear
> > Skies!
>
> I gotta tell you, I have goose bumps as I type this!
>
> On my way home from work, I saw something, and made it a point to take
> mental notes so I could report it to the list. Well, you beat me - but I'm
> pleased I'm not the only one who saw it.
>
> Here's what I saw. It was 5:41 PM (that's a very accurate time) and was
just
> barely into twilight. I was heading south on 48th St. in Phoenix, at
> Broadway I think. (Well, it might've been Southern.) I caught something
out
> of the corner of my eye, and looked to the east - and there it was! It
was
> virtually due east, and I could see it clearly as I crossed the
> intersection. It was only ~20-30 degrees above the horizon. It seemed very
> large (close?) and was streaking down, nearly vertically. From my
> perspective, it was heading just slightly north-to-south. It certainly
> seemed like a fireball, multi-colored, I think white, with some yellow,
but
> I'm not certain. Considering how bright the sky still was, it was a very
> bright object, indeed!
>
> I'm eager to hear from others, and hopefully some explanation.
>
> Derrick, if your friend can say more specifically where she was at the
time,
> perhaps someone with more experience than I have could triangulate and get
a
> better idea of its actual position.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> -- Jim
>
>
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