(meteorobs) Fireball SF Bay area Sunday 9:21PM

Wayne Watson sierra_mtnview at earthlink.net
Mon Oct 31 06:33:32 EST 2005


I checked my camera but didn't find a thing. Although I have a very good 
view of the sky, south is not my best direction for low southerly objects. I 
have a hill in the south that probably gets up to 10 degrees; however, a 
check with The Sky shows the altitutde of Piscis Austrinus at that time as 
36 degrees. I just sent a message to my (camera) partner to see if he caught 
it. I may know later today.


Michael Linnolt wrote:

> While setting up my scope, I noticed a shadow on the wall and a bright
> flash out of the corner of my eye. I turned quickly to see the terminal
> burst of a quite bright fireball! I estimated magnitude -9, a 30 degree
> path from Cetus to Piscis Austrinus. It was really breaking up, the path
> had voids in it! Tracing back, it could have been a Northern Taurid, but
> maybe a bit close to that radiant?
> 
> Also, a number of local SF bay area observers reported a large number of
> bright fireballs last night as well! No info on whether they were from
> the same radiant or not.
> 
> I filed the report with IMO. Anyone else notice this bright activity from
> ANT or thereabouts?
> 
> Mike Linnolt Woodside, CA
> 
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