(meteorobs) Fireball over SW USA ..and ANOTHER!

drtanuki drtanuki at yahoo.com
Tue Jan 20 03:18:25 EST 2009


Larry,
  Thank you for the link for your sightings...I will add it to the post. 
Maybe we all should carry butterfly nets and wear hardhats????

Best, Dirk


--- On Tue, 1/20/09, stange <stange34 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> From: stange <stange34 at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Fireball over SW USA ..and ANOTHER!
> To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 5:06 PM
> Picture:
> http://www.geocities.com/stange34@sbcglobal.net/2009more.html
> 
> If this keeps up all that will be needed is a butterfly
> net.... for 
> meteorites.
> 
> YCS
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "stange" <stange34 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum"
> <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> Sent: 2009/01/19 22:05
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Fireball over SW USA ..and
> ANOTHER!
> 
> 
> > 2153 PST tonight, moments ago. Another big one in the
> same area. Looks 
> > like
> > S.Calif. is a fireball magnet lately, this being the
> third in one day.
> >
> > LStange
> > YCSentinel
> > (will post picture & movie on website in an hour)
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Robert Lunsford"
> <lunro.imo.usa at cox.net>
> > To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum"
> <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
> > Sent: 2009/01/19 15:33
> > Subject: (meteorobs) Fireball over SW USA
> >
> >
> >> The American Meteor Society has received over two
> dozen reports of a
> >> brilliant fireball occurring over southern
> California. The event occurred
> >> at
> >> 5:33pm PST on January 18 (01:33 UT Jan 19) and was
> widely observed over
> >> the
> >> southern half of California, western Nevada, and
> western Arizona
> >> (including
> >> the Phoenix area).
> >>
> >> There are a wide range of magnitude estimates but
> we can safely assume
> >> this
> >> object was at least as bright as the full moon,
> magnitude -13.
> >>
> >> Summaries of these reports may be viewed on the
> AMS website at:
> >>
> http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball/fireball_log2009.html
> >>
> >> See event #42.
> >>
> >> Clear Skies!
> >>
> >> Robert Lunsford
> >>
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