(meteorobs) Large fireball over Tokyo at 8:25pm 6NOV09 correction

[Pat]

Congrats on getting to see it!!

--- In meteorobs at yahoogroups.com, drtanuki <drtanuki at ...> wrote:
>
> Dear George and List,
>   November has about 60 witnessed meteorite falls historically; so I would not yet rule this fireball a "dry" Taurid.  Hopefully there will be more reports and several videos.  
>   I have corrected my reporting error to the research groups but have not done so here on the MetList or Meteorobs.  The traveling direction of the fireball was from WN-to-NW.  I made an error in my excitement and forgot that the compass that I was using was last used in the Southern Hemisphere, thus my readings were off by 180 degrees.  I was shaking from excitement after witnessing the event.  This is the fourth large fireball that I have witnessed in my lifetime of 50 years and #2 of 4 in brightness.  
> 
>   The closest recovered meteorite near the estimated path of the fall is SAYAMA, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
> 
>   Hopefully Ohtsuka-San will have some good news from the Sonata Corp fireball network?  Ohtsuka-san please contact me off-list.
> 
> Best Regards, Dirk Ross...Tokyo
>   
> 
> --- On Fri, 11/6/09, GeoZay at ... <GeoZay at ...> wrote:
> 
> > From: GeoZay at ... <GeoZay at ...>
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Large fireball over Tokyo at 8:25pm 6NOV09
> > To: meteorite-list at ...
> > Date: Friday, November 6, 2009, 11:45 PM
> > >>  I just witnessed a
> > large fireball  over the Tokyo area from my balcony. 
> >  The fireball changed from blue, red  to green. 
> > No sound was heard.  The 
> > fireball terminated at  approximately 10-15 degrees
> > above the horizon.  
> > Traveling direction was  from E-SE at approximately
> > 140-150 degrees from North.  
> > I was viewing this  event from a 10th floor apartment
> > balcony and have a 
> > ground refernece tower for  extinction reference.
> > This is the second largest fireball that I have  seen
> > in my life and 
> > perhaps Japan will have a new meteorite!<<
> > 
> > I'm  just guessing based on shower activity, but this
> > could be a Taurid. 
> > One of the  peaks should be right about now. If so, I
> > wouldn't expect any me
> > teorites even  though this shower produces quite a few
> > bright meteors. 
> > GeoZay  
> > 
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