(meteorobs) RE: Explosion Observed

[Thomas Dorman]

Hi.Tony and All
How about some small slow moving tumblimg spacejunk
that flashes every few minutes.I observed some junk
last year I could not see in my small telescope but
when it flashed.I also observed naked eye another
piece of junk in 2004 that at first I thought was a
head on meteor.This slow moving space junk I was able
to follow it for about 15 minutes flashing every 3 to
5 minutes but could only see it when it flashed.
Tony, I have heard of people reporting bright flashes
believed to be cause by a strong cosmic ray event in
the human eye.I have seen what I believe myself were
cosmic ray event while observing but the flash where
not equal to a bright meteor but were dim.Just some
thoughts on the matter.
Regards
Thomas dorman
Horizon City,Texas  


--- Tony Beresford <dberesford at adam.com.au> wrote:

> At 08:42 16/05/06, Robert Anderson wrote:
> >All, 
> >
> >Please help me here. What is a GRB? 
> >
> >Sorry for the "tongue in cheek" measurements. I
> tried to find known
> >references to help describe it as best I could, but
> due to the rapid nature
> >of the event it was difficult. This is my first
> attempt to report an
> >observation and in the process struggled over the
> magnitude and size.
> >
> >If it was a "stationary meteor", then would not
> another observer at
> >different latitude viewing the same object notice a
> trail?
> A GRB is a gamma ray burst. a request to google will
> give several sites explaining
> the phenomena.
> There was no GRB at the time of your sighting,
> see gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov though.
> It seems to me you observed this event in your
> telescope,
> and it showed a finite size this removes the GRB
> explanation,
> as well as a glint from a satellite explanation.
> So the only one left is a meteor heading directly
> for you.
> 
> Since average meteors happen about 50-60 miles up
> anybody displaced that measure away from you would
> see
> a mag 2-3 regular meteor, ending in a terminal
> explosion.
> Tony Beresford
> Adelaide , So. Australia
> 
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