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

[M Linnolt]

Hi Wayne,

Oh, you are way east of me in the Sierras! From the
reports I got from my friend in La honda, and my own
obs, I  suspect the meteor came in over the Fremont
peak area, south of San Jose, so for you it would have
been low in the SW, and heading directly away from
you, certainly not in Piscis Austrinus.

Mike

--- Wayne Watson <sierra_mtnview at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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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