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Meteor over the M4
Hi all,
Just curious if anyone else saw the bright meteor yesterday evening? I was driving west along the M4, just past the Membury services at 17:28 (I looked at the car clock when it happened). There was a bright dot lengthening to a long bright streak and terminating with a sudden brightening before disappearing. It was heading roughly west in the sky, and started about oh I guess 40 degrees straight "up" above me (about as high up as I could see through the windscreen). It lasted perhaps 2s although these things are hard to judge when you're driving! Anyway, I thought it was pretty spectacular to appear so bright despite it still being lightish in the sky. Cheers Barnaby |
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Hello Barnaby,
My wife, standing at the kitchen door whilst I was admiring the first quarter moon through my telescope, claimed that she saw something very, very similar. Direction was maybe a little N of W. She said that it moved 'vertically' downwards before disappearing and reckoned it much brighter than any star / planet. As you say the sky was still fairly bright in that direction. Needless to say I didn't believe her! She's pleased to be proved correct (as usual). Ken PS Kitchen is in Longwell Green on E side of Bristol so quite a long way west of you "Barns" wrote in message om... Hi all, Just curious if anyone else saw the bright meteor yesterday evening? I was driving west along the M4, just past the Membury services at 17:28 (I looked at the car clock when it happened). There was a bright dot lengthening to a long bright streak and terminating with a sudden brightening before disappearing. It was heading roughly west in the sky, and started about oh I guess 40 degrees straight "up" above me (about as high up as I could see through the windscreen). It lasted perhaps 2s although these things are hard to judge when you're driving! Anyway, I thought it was pretty spectacular to appear so bright despite it still being lightish in the sky. Cheers Barnaby |
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Funnily enough, I was heading for Emersons Green, also on the E side of
Bristol! I'm glad I wasn't hallucinating either (although my wife saw it at the same time from the passengers seat so I did have instant confirmation at the time). I would agree with your wife's description of the event. Cheers Barnaby Ken Dale wrote: Hello Barnaby, My wife, standing at the kitchen door whilst I was admiring the first quarter moon through my telescope, claimed that she saw something very, very similar. Direction was maybe a little N of W. She said that it moved 'vertically' downwards before disappearing and reckoned it much brighter than any star / planet. As you say the sky was still fairly bright in that direction. Needless to say I didn't believe her! She's pleased to be proved correct (as usual). Ken PS Kitchen is in Longwell Green on E side of Bristol so quite a long way west of you |
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I'm based in Lawrence Weston in Bristol and saw something similar too - I
thought it was an iridium flare at first but it was moving too fast.... You wouldn't be the Barnaby who's registered on UKAstroimaging.co.uk would you? I only note it because you're the only other Bristolian registered there Tony wrote in message oups.com... Funnily enough, I was heading for Emersons Green, also on the E side of Bristol! I'm glad I wasn't hallucinating either (although my wife saw it at the same time from the passengers seat so I did have instant confirmation at the time). I would agree with your wife's description of the event. Cheers Barnaby Ken Dale wrote: Hello Barnaby, My wife, standing at the kitchen door whilst I was admiring the first quarter moon through my telescope, claimed that she saw something very, very similar. Direction was maybe a little N of W. She said that it moved 'vertically' downwards before disappearing and reckoned it much brighter than any star / planet. As you say the sky was still fairly bright in that direction. Needless to say I didn't believe her! She's pleased to be proved correct (as usual). Ken PS Kitchen is in Longwell Green on E side of Bristol so quite a long way west of you |
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Hi,
I'm sorry, I missed the start of this thread. What was the exact time/date of this meteor please? Many thanks, Andy Smith G7IZU Radio Reflection Detection Page http://tinyurl.com/w6pv wrote in message oups.com... Funnily enough, I was heading for Emersons Green, also on the E side of Bristol! I'm glad I wasn't hallucinating either (although my wife saw it at the same time from the passengers seat so I did have instant confirmation at the time). I would agree with your wife's description of the event. Cheers Barnaby Ken Dale wrote: Hello Barnaby, My wife, standing at the kitchen door whilst I was admiring the first quarter moon through my telescope, claimed that she saw something very, very similar. Direction was maybe a little N of W. She said that it moved 'vertically' downwards before disappearing and reckoned it much brighter than any star / planet. As you say the sky was still fairly bright in that direction. Needless to say I didn't believe her! She's pleased to be proved correct (as usual). Ken PS Kitchen is in Longwell Green on E side of Bristol so quite a long way west of you |
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In article , Andy
writes Hi, I'm sorry, I missed the start of this thread. What was the exact time/date of this meteor please? Hi Andy, Barnaby's original post suggests 17:28 UT on Sunday, 15th January from M4 just west of Membury services. -- David Entwistle |
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"David Entwistle" wrote in message ... In article , Andy writes Hi, I'm sorry, I missed the start of this thread. What was the exact time/date of this meteor please? Hi Andy, Barnaby's original post suggests 17:28 UT on Sunday, 15th January from M4 just west of Membury services. -- David Entwistle Thanks David, I've checked my radio obs captures, and have no signal reflections for that time. Sometimes they show up, sometimes they don't! Regards, Andy Smith, G7IZU Radio Reflection Detection Page http://tinyurl.com/w6pv (High meteor activity alerts via email now available!) |
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