(meteorobs) 800 km / 475 mile distant fireball terminal flash possibil...

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We will need more than luck.  Even if the reentry were overhead it  would 
probably fizzle out....steady, and heavy, rain here in Philadelphia.  
 
Susan
 
 
In a message dated 9/23/2011 9:28:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
prospector at znet.com writes:

I read  the plot for the Stardust re-entry and there was a chance I could 
see
it  between the mountains to my north on 8 Sept. 2004. I didn't go look and
was  rewarded by news that someone in New Mexico saw it at about the  same
distance as me. It was 540-550 miles from me and would have been about  3
degrees above the horizon. Try for it, I wish I had. Look up  "Stardust
re-entry" for a map showing visibility to get an idea of what you  may see
and how far.      Dave English
Oceanside, California


Quoting Thomas Ashcraft  <ashcraft at heliotown.com>:

> For what it is worth and not to  get any hopes up:
>
> On November 18, 2009 there was a super-size  fireball over Utah.
> Remarkably, the over the horizon terminal burst  flashes were visible and
> recorded from my observatory near Santa Fe,  New Mexico which is over 475
> miles/800 kilometers away.  It is  long shot but maybe the visible
> viewing area for the sat re-entry will  be broader than predicted?
>
> Flashing was also observed at  Cloudbait Observatory and in Tucson,
> Arizona.
> My video is  here:
>  http://www.heliotown.com/Utah_Fireball_Ashcraft.html
>
> Reported  in the www.spaceweather.com archive here:
>  http://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=19&month=11&year=2009
>
>  Good luck to all observers.
>
> Thomas in New  Mexico

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