(meteorobs) Re: Las Vegas fireball sighting

[Wayne Watson]

Good to hear that someone in Calif. can actually see objects in the sky. :-) 
According to the weatherman, maybe by Wednesday we will start to see bigger objects 
like the sun.

Robert Lunsford wrote:

> Wayne and All,
> 
> This particular fireball was also seen in Southern California. You can 
> see Jennifer's entry and the other three witnesses in the AMS 2005 
> Fireball table located at: 
> http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball/fireball_log.html
> 
> Clear Skies!
> 
> Robert Lunsford
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Watson" 
> <sierra_mtnview at earthlink.net>
> To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>; 
> <JSHERER at DRIVE-ON-IN.COM>
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 12:01 PM
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Las Vegas fireball sighting
> 
> 
>> Very good to see your report. Good job. I'd say the chances of anyone 
>> seeing it from Calif. were slim to none. West of the Sierra from you, 
>> the skies have been dismal for weeks, and we are about to get pounded 
>> once again by storms. It's possible someone did see it from Ca, more 
>> likely from someone in NV or AZ in your area. I have a meteor camera 
>> here near Sacramento, but haven't turned it on for 8-10 days because 
>> of the bad seeing. You can get some idea of its coverage by looking at 
>> <http://home.earthlink.net/~mtnv95959a/meteor_beginnings.html>. We are 
>> slowly coordinating meteor camera activity in CA with other observers 
>> in CA and NV, but there are really only a few cameras in the state. 
>> The ones on my sight are the most active. We appreciate visual 
>> sightings too. There are people who specialize in visual observations, 
>> and I'm sure they will respond to your data for entry into meteor 
>> databases.
>>
>> (A furious wind just kicked up. Should be a real interesting storm 
>> heading through here today and tomorrow.)
>>
>> jennifersherer wrote:
>>
>>> I'm new to this group and new to reporting a sighting, so I apologize 
>>> in advance for lack of detail that one probably reports for a 
>>> sighting. I was just glad to find a place to report the sighting!
>>>
>>> Here's what I can relay:
>>> -location: Las Vegas, NV
>>> -time: Tuesday, Jan 4th at around 5:45pm PDT
>>> -seen while driving so position details are sketchy (I was merging 
>>> onto the freeway)
>>> -came almost straight down (slight angle from my top left to bottom 
>>> right. I was facing south and beginning to turn west at the time)
>>> -it moving relatively slowly... compared to shooting stars I've seen
>>> -was still brurning when I lost sight of it behind low level 
>>> buildings and the freeway I was merging onto.
>>> -I called our local non-emergency line but no one else had called in 
>>> about it at the time
>>> -it was very bright and had a long tail... it was a burning orange 
>>> with a green cast... I don't recall the destinct colors of the tail 
>>> vs the body, unfortunately
>>>
>>> I checked local news sources etc. and haven't found any mention of 
>>> it. It was breathtaking.
>>>
>>> This was different than any meteor shower I've seen. I've only seen 
>>> one other thing like this (fireball) and that was many years ago in 
>>> the San Francisco Bay Area. I remember it looking just like this one.
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>> Jennifer
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> -- 
>>              Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
>>                  (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
>>                   Obz Site:  39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
>>
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              Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
                  (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
                   Obz Site:  39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

                         Web Page: <home.earthlink.net/~mtnviews>