(meteorobs) Monday morning sighting - SW Florida
Keith Ridge
k.ridge at comcast.net
Thu Aug 27 18:29:07 EDT 2009
It was the morning of the 17th and totally fits the bill, so mystery solved.
Thanks for your input! I will continue to look up and if I see anymore
extraordinary events, I will let you know.
Also, I hear that a Shuttle Launch may go off shortly after midnight
tonight.
Keith
Florida, USA
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Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Monday morning sighting - SW Florida
I agree, I live just south of Canaveral. If this was Aug 17, it was the
Delta launch. It was an amazing sight, with the sun below the horizon, and
the
rocket and contrail directly lit by sunlight against the darker sky.
It did fly in a southeast direction, so it's most likely what you saw that
morning.
Anthony
Florida, USA
In a message dated 8/27/2009 10:21:22 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
jimpettit at gmail.com writes:
You say Monday morning sighting; if the Monday you're referring to was
August 17th, what you saw was the last Air Force Delta II launch (it was
carrying the GPS 2R-21 satellite). I live in Naples--not too many miles
southeast of Estero--and got up early to watch it. It was an incredible
sight: the brilliantly-lit smoke trail in stark relief against the
brightening but still deep violet sky, arcing to the south beneath the Moon
and Venus, and slowly being twisted and ripped apart by the high-altitude
winds. If that wasn't the Monday you were speaking of, then I'm not sure;
I'm up and outside early every weekday...
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