[AZ-Observing] Re: Fireball? Iridium Flare?
- From: "Tom Polakis" <tpolakis@xxxxxxx>
- To: "Reply-To:az-observing"@freelists.org
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 12:42:57 -0700
People on the "HAClist" are discussing the same fireball. HAC is the
Huachuca Astronomy Club in Sierra Vista.
Even though they always look like they're right on top of you, these
bright meteors are often very high and far away. With a few reports
describing direction and altitude from several widely spaced stations, we
could triangulate the fireball's location.
Tom
> 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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> CLEARSKIES@xxxxxxx
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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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