(meteorobs) Stationary meteors

[Pat Branch]

I saw a meteor come straight at me once too! (stationary meteor)
I was out camping - not watching a shower and happen to be awake and
watching the sky. Then I saw a star appear and get brighter and
brighter, then just blipped out. It lasted about 5 seconds and at
first I thought I saw a supernova!!! LOL

Then I talked to another astronomer friend and he said I probably saw
a meteor coming straight at me.
Pat


--- In meteorobs at yahoogroups.com, KCStarguy at ... wrote:
>
> I watched the Quadrantid meteor shower on the ground in Olathe, KS
(1/4/08) 
> while astronomers saw the meteor shower in the air. 
> 
> At 11:00 it was cloudy here in Olathe so I went to sleep and woke up
at 5:30 
> and went out in my sleeping bag near my house. It was clear, a
little hazy.
> 
> I saw 6 meteors that hour several nice Quadrantid fireballs and a
possible 
> stationary one during the morning hours 5:30-6:30.
> The stationary one was like a -2 fireball little meteor with no
discernable 
> tail at all. It just looked like a little blip of bright -2 yellow
light that 
> almost   looked like a ;ight   clicked on and off . 
> I don't think it was a iridium flare so I was a little puzzled. But
it was in 
> the right place near the Quadrantid radiant.
> 
> (Last time I saw a stationary meteor was a lime green Perseid
fireball while 
> I watched In Providence RI in the 60's . It was like a expanding
lime green 
> flash that got 0.5 size of full moon and then faded out. Looked like
a Star Trek 
> fireball weapon)
> 
> so    I was able to see the Perseids, Aurigids, Orionids, Leonids,
Geminids 
> and Quadrantids. Not bad 
> 
> More from those high flying team of astronomers (below) 
> Meanwhile 2008 Quadrantid meteor shower peaked around 0200 UTC on
Friday, 
> Jan. 4th. That is the initial report from astronomers who flew a
research 
> airplane north of the Arctic Circle for an uninterrupted view of the
shower. The 
> team, led by Peter Jenniskens of the SETI Institute, witnessed many
bright 
> Quadrantids among an "amazing display" of aurora borealis; this is a
typical view 
> through the starboard window:
> 
> http://quadrantid.seti.org/
> http://www.spaceweather.com/meteors/quadrantids/quadrantids.html
> comet was seen in 1490
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrantids
> 
> very nice list ing of meteor showers
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_meteor_showers
> 
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