Meteor in Plough

Did anyone else just (~0955 GMT) see a large, very bright, slow moving
meteor in the Plough? There was no sound. Or did I just see a firework?

Andy Verity-Harrison

"Andy Harrison" wrote in message
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Did anyone else just (~0955 GMT) see a large, very bright, slow moving
meteor in the Plough? There was no sound. Or did I just see a firework?

Andy Verity-Harrison



South Hampshire caught the last gasp of a bright
one slightly blue shade of white at about 21.56 GMT.
In the northern sky , if i dug out a map could give
a better angle and travelling about 11 o'clock
to 5 o'clock W to E downwards

That's the right time and the direction's right. I must admit I am very
excited if it was a meteor as it was on a larger scale than I have every
seen before.

I can't have been a Geminid though. It was the wrong direction.

Andy V-H

"Paul Nutteing" wrote in message
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"Andy Harrison" wrote in message
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Did anyone else just (~0955 GMT) see a large, very bright, slow moving
meteor in the Plough? There was no sound. Or did I just see a firework?

Andy Verity-Harrison



South Hampshire caught the last gasp of a bright
one slightly blue shade of white at about 21.56 GMT.
In the northern sky , if i dug out a map could give
a better angle and travelling about 11 o'clock
to 5 o'clock W to E downwards

"Andy Harrison" wrote in message
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That's the right time and the direction's right. I must admit I am very
excited if it was a meteor as it was on a larger scale than I have every
seen before.

I can't have been a Geminid though. It was the wrong direction.

Andy V-H

"Paul Nutteing" wrote in message
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"Andy Harrison" wrote in message
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Did anyone else just (~0955 GMT) see a large, very bright, slow moving
meteor in the Plough? There was no sound. Or did I just see a firework?

Andy Verity-Harrison



South Hampshire caught the last gasp of a bright
one slightly blue shade of white at about 21.56 GMT.
In the northern sky , if i dug out a map could give
a better angle and travelling about 11 o'clock
to 5 o'clock W to E downwards





I was at about 50.98N, 1.24W
In comparison to the hydrogen lighting in a residential
street it was about 3 times brighter than one of these
lamps at 30 metres.
Extinction at about 10 or 15 deg. elevation.

What was your northing, easting viewing point ?

and azimuth about 355 degrees

"Andy Harrison" wrote in message
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Did anyone else just (~0955 GMT) see a large, very bright, slow moving
meteor in the Plough? There was no sound. Or did I just see a firework?

Andy Verity-Harrison



Mee and woman tooo!!!
Quite a long streak with a burst of intensity near the end, then a dim then
another burt before death!

51North 0.5E

Rob

"Paul Nutteing" wrote in message
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"Andy Harrison" wrote in message
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That's the right time and the direction's right. I must admit I am very
excited if it was a meteor as it was on a larger scale than I have every
seen before.

I can't have been a Geminid though. It was the wrong direction.

Andy V-H

"Paul Nutteing" wrote in message
...
"Andy Harrison" wrote in message
...
Did anyone else just (~0955 GMT) see a large, very bright, slow moving
meteor in the Plough? There was no sound. Or did I just see a
firework?

Andy Verity-Harrison



South Hampshire caught the last gasp of a bright
one slightly blue shade of white at about 21.56 GMT.
In the northern sky , if i dug out a map could give
a better angle and travelling about 11 o'clock
to 5 o'clock W to E downwards





I was at about 50.98N, 1.24W
In comparison to the hydrogen lighting in a residential
street it was about 3 times brighter than one of these
lamps at 30 metres.
Extinction at about 10 or 15 deg. elevation.

What was your northing, easting viewing point ?



About 52.13N 2.31W can't give you azimuth and elevation. The best fix I can
give is that it streaked across the Plough from (as you aid) 11 o'clock to
about 5 o'clock.

What really struck me was how bright and slow moving it was.

Andy V-H