(meteorobs) Was it a possible early Lyrid?

Thomas Ashcraft ashcraft at heliotown.com
Thu Apr 21 18:27:39 EDT 2011


I am exploring the possibility of whether a recent April 17, 2011, 
magnitude -11.2 fireball capture might be an early Lyrid.  ??

I posted an all-sky map from www.heavens-above.com super-imposed on my 
meteor image and the Lyra-Hercules radiant area is in the general 
vicinity.  Hence, I am wondering if this could be an early Lyrid?  If 
other early large Lyrid fireballs were observed ( like the one in Italy 
) then this observation  may be of possible significance.

Posted here:
http://www.heliotown.com/Is_it_a_lyrid.html

Maybe it is just a sporadic?

Thomas Ashcraft   |  New Mexico



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