(meteorobs) extremely bright possible Leonid
Richard Kramer
kramer at sria.com
Thu Nov 17 15:42:08 EST 2011
This morning, approx 8:13 UTC, I was driving out of Boston MA, south
on I 93 (at around mile marker 8) underneath a high overcast which
was thick enough to produce a steady light rain when I saw an
extremely bright meteor streak above the clouds through about 15 to
20 degrees of travel. It was impossible to align a radiant since the
clouds were fully obscuring the sky, but the speed, length vs. track
location, and general direction was consistent with the Leonids. The
track remained visible through the clouds for approximately 1 second.
The streak appeared bright white (like the color of a camera strobe
flash), wide (perhaps 1/4 degree wide), and much brighter than Venus,
at least as bright as a full moon. Considering that I was seeing this
much brightness through a fairly thick cloud layer which, itself, was
illuminated to a considerable degree by the urban light pollution,
this must have been quite a fireball!
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