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Meteor shower, 00:30 1.1.2010
Hello, did anyone else see the meteor shower around 00:30 last night in
the English Midlands? I havent seen the like before, a single light point, no tail, travelling far faster than a jet, coming from the horizon, then just fading, before the oppositie horizon. Probably 15 or 20 meteors in 10 minutes. Most were on a NE- SW trajectory, but we also saw 3 others going SE to SW. Alan. -- To reply by e-mail, change the ' + ' to 'plus'. |
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Meteor shower, 00:30 1.1.2010
"A.Lee" wrote in message .. . Hello, did anyone else see the meteor shower around 00:30 last night in the English Midlands? I havent seen the like before, a single light point, no tail, travelling far faster than a jet, coming from the horizon, then just fading, before the oppositie horizon. Probably 15 or 20 meteors in 10 minutes. Most were on a NE- SW trajectory, but we also saw 3 others going SE to SW. Alan. -- To reply by e-mail, change the ' + ' to 'plus'. From the horizon sounds more like fireworks to me. But not going to the opposite horizon? Longest arc I've ever seen was around 90 degrees (and that split into two parts). |
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Meteor shower, 00:30 1.1.2010
newshound wrote:
"A.Lee" wrote in message .. . Hello, did anyone else see the meteor shower around 00:30 last night in the English Midlands? I havent seen the like before, a single light point, no tail, travelling far faster than a jet, coming from the horizon, then just fading, before the oppositie horizon. Probably 15 or 20 meteors in 10 minutes. From the horizon sounds more like fireworks to me. But not going to the opposite horizon? Longest arc I've ever seen was around 90 degrees (and that split into two parts). They are certainly not fireworks, far too long in the air, and travelled a long distance. From other reports, it appears that they could have been chinese lanterns. I have still to be convinced. They seemed to be travelling far too fast for something in the wind, with a quite bright light, but from web pages about them, they are regularly mistaken for meteors. Alan. -- To reply by e-mail, change the ' + ' to 'plus'. |
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Meteor shower, 00:30 1.1.2010
newshound wrote:
"A.Lee" wrote in message .. . Hello, did anyone else see the meteor shower around 00:30 last night in the English Midlands? I havent seen the like before, a single light point, no tail, travelling far faster than a jet, coming from the horizon, then just fading, before the oppositie horizon. Probably 15 or 20 meteors in 10 minutes. Most were on a NE- SW trajectory, but we also saw 3 others going SE to SW. Alan. -- To reply by e-mail, change the ' + ' to 'plus'. From the horizon sounds more like fireworks to me. But not going to the opposite horizon? Longest arc I've ever seen was around 90 degrees (and that split into two parts). We were travelling Northwards on the M18 (or it might have been the M62 by that time) around 8.30pm on New Year's Eve and saw something similar - yellowy-orange lights travelling NE-SW, fast (or slow and low, hard to tell since I was doing 70-ish), not jets/helicopters or other aircraft (no red/blue beacons). Definitely not meteors. Chinese lanterns was my guess as well, although something akin to St. Elmo's Fire is possible I suppose. Air was cold and dry, good static conditions. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK Please help save Bletchley Park - sign the petition for Government funding at: (open to UK residents and ex.pats) http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/BletchleyPark/ Thank you. |
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Meteor shower, 00:30 1.1.2010
"A.Lee" ha scritto nel messaggio
.. . newshound wrote: "A.Lee" wrote in message .. . Hello, did anyone else see the meteor shower around 00:30 last night in the English Midlands? I havent seen the like before, a single light point, no tail, travelling far faster than a jet, coming from the horizon, then just fading, before the oppositie horizon. Probably 15 or 20 meteors in 10 minutes. From the horizon sounds more like fireworks to me. But not going to the opposite horizon? Longest arc I've ever seen was around 90 degrees (and that split into two parts). They are certainly not fireworks, far too long in the air, and travelled a long distance. From other reports, it appears that they could have been chinese lanterns. I have still to be convinced. They seemed to be travelling far too fast for something in the wind, with a quite bright light, but from web pages about them, they are regularly mistaken for meteors. Alan. -- To reply by e-mail, change the ' + ' to 'plus'. If they was meteors they can to be members of the new shower of Zheta Cepheids origined by P/2006 T1 (Levy) comet http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=P%2F2006+T1&orb=1 this shower should have the peak around 1° January, it should have a outburst the 1° January 2012 when the comet shall be very near at the Earth. Read more in archive of Meteorobs Ml http://www.meteorobs.org/ Best greetings. Sao 67174 |
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Meteor shower, 00:30 1.1.2010
"A.Lee" wrote in message .. . newshound wrote: "A.Lee" wrote in message .. . Hello, did anyone else see the meteor shower around 00:30 last night in the English Midlands? I havent seen the like before, a single light point, no tail, travelling far faster than a jet, coming from the horizon, then just fading, before the oppositie horizon. Probably 15 or 20 meteors in 10 minutes. From the horizon sounds more like fireworks to me. But not going to the opposite horizon? Longest arc I've ever seen was around 90 degrees (and that split into two parts). They are certainly not fireworks, far too long in the air, and travelled a long distance. From other reports, it appears that they could have been chinese lanterns. I have still to be convinced. They seemed to be travelling far too fast for something in the wind, with a quite bright light, but from web pages about them, they are regularly mistaken for meteors. Alan. -- To reply by e-mail, change the ' + ' to 'plus'. Agree with what you say about chinese lanterns, these are *very* slow in comparison to meteors. They do come in clusters though. |
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Meteor shower, 00:30 1.1.2010
Jim wrote:
newshound wrote: "A.Lee" wrote in message ... Hello, did anyone else see the meteor shower around 00:30 last night in the English Midlands? I havent seen the like before, a single light point, no tail, travelling far faster than a jet, coming from the horizon, then just fading, before the oppositie horizon. Probably 15 or 20 meteors in 10 minutes. Most were on a NE- SW trajectory, but we also saw 3 others going SE to SW. Alan. -- To reply by e-mail, change the ' + ' to 'plus'. From the horizon sounds more like fireworks to me. But not going to the opposite horizon? Longest arc I've ever seen was around 90 degrees (and that split into two parts). We were travelling Northwards on the M18 (or it might have been the M62 by that time) around 8.30pm on New Year's Eve and saw something similar - yellowy-orange lights travelling NE-SW, fast (or slow and low, hard to tell since I was doing 70-ish), not jets/helicopters or other aircraft (no red/blue beacons). Definitely not meteors. Chinese lanterns was my guess as well, although something akin to St. Elmo's Fire is possible I suppose. Air was cold and dry, good static conditions. Jim Definitely Chinese lanterns IMO. Let off to celebrate the New Year. The timing of 00:30 on the 1st is too much of a coincidence. Plus the colour and clustering. |
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