Did Anyone See...

23.15 - Rural SE Wales - I was walking with my dog when we were lit by
the lights of an oncoming car, or so I thought. But it wasn't. I
looked up to see the trail of the brightest meteorite I have ever seen
in my 61 years.

It appeared to come from the region of Cassiopeia and disappear in Leo.

Amazing!
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Zak

Zak Ventis wrote:
23.15 - Rural SE Wales - I was walking with my dog when we were lit by
the lights of an oncoming car, or so I thought. But it wasn't. I
looked up to see the trail of the brightest meteorite I have ever seen
in my 61 years.

It appeared to come from the region of Cassiopeia and disappear in Leo.

Amazing!

Bugger, I went out for a quick go with my new ETX-90 and came in just
before then. Wonder if I'd have seen it up here in the North East...

--
Abo

In article ,
Zak Ventis wrote:
23.15 - Rural SE Wales - I was walking with my dog when we were lit by
the lights of an oncoming car, or so I thought. But it wasn't. I
looked up to see the trail of the brightest meteorite I have ever seen
in my 61 years.

It appeared to come from the region of Cassiopeia and disappear in Leo.

Are you sure it wasn't this Iridum flare at 23:17:

http://www.heavens-above.com/flarede...8 44&Mirror=0

-- Richard
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:wq

Richard Tobin wrote:

In article ,
Zak Ventis wrote:
23.15 - Rural SE Wales - I was walking with my dog when we were lit by
the lights of an oncoming car, or so I thought. But it wasn't. I
looked up to see the trail of the brightest meteorite I have ever seen
in my 61 years.

It appeared to come from the region of Cassiopeia and disappear in Leo.

Are you sure it wasn't this Iridum flare at 23:17:

http://www.heavens-above.com/flarede...1.78483&lng=-2.
64221&alt=0&loc=wales&TZ=GMT&Date=39574.9288648844 &Mirror=0

Direction's wrong - Iridium 64 goes from Leo-ish to Perseus.
The meteor's direction looks about right for an Aquarid.

Weren't we supposed to get a reasonable display of Aquarids this year?

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Pd

In message , Zak Ventis
writes
23.15 - Rural SE Wales - I was walking with my dog when we were lit by
the lights of an oncoming car, or so I thought. But it wasn't. I
looked up to see the trail of the brightest meteorite I have ever seen
in my 61 years.

It appeared to come from the region of Cassiopeia and disappear in Leo.

Amazing!

There are also similar reports on the SPA web site forum.

http://www.popastro.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9493

--
David Entwistle

Hi,

Yes, I saw this. It travelled North East to South-South West from my
location near Llangollen, at approx. 23.15 BST. It was very bright and
had a brief afterglow. Estimated mag. About -3 to -4.
JPD

In message , David Entwistle
writes
In message , Zak Ventis
writes
23.15 - Rural SE Wales - I was walking with my dog when we were lit
by the lights of an oncoming car, or so I thought. But it wasn't. I
looked up to see the trail of the brightest meteorite I have ever seen
in my 61 years.

It appeared to come from the region of Cassiopeia and disappear in Leo.

Amazing!

There are also similar reports on the SPA web site forum.

http://www.popastro.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9493


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john p davies