(meteorobs) Just witnessed a major fireball Oct 29, 2008 0128ut - Colorado

Thomas Dorman drygulch_99 at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 28 23:34:36 EDT 2008


Chris and Thomas
Believe what I observed was Andromedid.
Thomas Dorman

--- On Tue, 10/28/08, Thomas Dorman <drygulch_99 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Thomas Dorman <drygulch_99 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Just witnessed a major fireball Oct 29, 2008 0128ut - Colorado
> To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 10:20 PM
> Chris and Thomas 
> Just saw a fireball at 9:03pm MDT in my southern sky.Sent a
> message to Jim Gamble maybe he got it.Blue Green in
> color,strangly flashing.My guess it was about 2 seconds
> duration.Left short train lasting about a second.
> Thomas Dorman
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 10/28/08, Chris Peterson
> <clp at alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
> 
> > From: Chris Peterson <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
> > Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Just witnessed a major
> fireball Oct 29, 2008 0128ut - Colorado
> > To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum"
> <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> > Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 10:11 PM
> > Yes, it's certainly on my camera. The full path is
> north
> > of my location, so 
> > you were seeing it from quite far. I've also had
> > witness reports submitted 
> > from around the state- looks like it was visible for
> at
> > least a couple 
> > hundred mile radius.
> > 
> > I can't view data while the camera is running, but
> the
> > information will get 
> > posted tomorrow morning. It should be on some of the
> other
> > cameras as well.
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
> > *****************************************
> > Chris L Peterson
> > Cloudbait Observatory
> > http://www.cloudbait.com
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Thomas Ashcraft"
> > <ashcraft at heliotown.com>
> > To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum"
> > <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 7:57 PM
> > Subject: (meteorobs) Just witnessed a major fireball
> Oct
> > 29,2008 0128ut - 
> > Colorado
> > 
> > 
> > > October 28, 2008  1928 MDT  ( October 29, 2008   
> > 0128:50 UT   )
> > >
> > > I am pleased to report that I just eye-witnessed
> a
> > major fireball event
> > > out my window. This fireball was traveling east
> to
> > west, possibly over
> > > central Colorado. It was long trailed, turquoise
> and
> > green, and shed
> > > sparks.  I am pretty sure that Chris Peterson at
> > Cloudbait captured it.
> > > It might have been right over Chris's
> observatory
> > or maybe north of
> > > him.  Not sure.  From Chris's raw logs it
> looks
> > like this fireball may
> > > have been at least 300 miles north of my
> location.
> > >
> > > Interestingly, as I look at my radio charts, the
> > forward scatter signal
> > > was rather small compared to the size of this
> meteor.
> > >
> > > I expect you will be hearing further reports
> about
> > this particular
> > > fireball and if someone captured it to film it
> will be
> > stunning.
> > >
> > > I will post my data tomorrow and am hoping for
> more
> > reports from Colorado.
> > >
> > > Clear skies,
> > > Thomas Ashcraft
> > > New Mexico
> > 
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