[AZ-Observing] Re: bolides on Saturday night (April 25-26)
- From: "Jon Christensen" <jonc97@xxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:55:03 -0700
We saw the sky light up at Vekol around that time.
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From: "Brent A Archinal" <barchinal@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 5:33 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] bolides on Saturday night (April 25-26)
So did anyone on the list see any of the bolides that occurred -
apparently mostly in northern AZ - this past Saturday night? I say "any
of the bolides" as reports in the Arizona Daily Sun (
http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2009/04/28/news/20090428_front_195338.txt
- and see comments) and a blog from Jeff Hall at Lowell Observatory (
http://www.lowell.edu/users/jch/sss/blog/) indicate there were several
extremely bright and exploding meteors, including ones at "9:30-10",
~10:30, 10:45, "11-11:15", and "11:30".
Dave Frisk and I were observing from his home near Williams, AZ, and saw
the sky light up at 11:04:30 PM MST (+/-20 sec). That matches the
"11-11:15" period reported as well as the 12:04 MDT time of images and
sonic recordings from New Mexico (see links below). I was looking down
into my eyepiece case and for about 2 seconds the entire sky and ground
lit up with a "flashing" sequence, and some bright yellow color at the
end. I thought someone was playing with a very bright flashlight, but
then realized it was a probably a bolide. I looked up but saw no meteor
or even a meteor train. Dave fortunately was looking up into the sky and
indicated the entire sky had lit up, but the light seemed to be mostly
coming from the east - which would match the other reports as something
occurring in the Flagstaff/Sedona area.
In any case, it's obvious some of the reported times may have been wrong,
but there sure appears to have been more than one event. From my own
recollection it sounds unusual to have a "shower" of a number of bright
bolides like this over an extended period.
There is other info / articles at:
http://www.heliotown.com/Fireball_April_26_2009_Ash.html
http://newmexicoindependent.com/25970/sandia-labs-camera-catches-meteor-near-gallup
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2009/04/27/Search-for-meteor-in-Arizona/UPI-33901240875942/
http://www.azdailysun.com/articles/2009/04/27/news/20090427_front_195312.txt
http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=1142231
- Brent
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