(meteorobs) Fwd: large bolide over California/Nevada

[Richard Taibi]

Anthony- I don't frankly know what you saw, but the Orionids were an unlikely source of the phenomena as seen from Chicago.  The Orionids are best seen in the early morning hours and would appear in the east (midnight-ish) to south (near dawn).  Of course, meteors will fly into all portions of the sky but the Orionids are traceable (prolong their courses backwards) to the radiant (point of origin) in northeast Orion.  However, you would not see Orionid meteors coming directly at you from the northeast (in the northern hemisphere).   If what you saw were meteors, you saw 'point source' meteors, coming towards you, as you realized.  However, it is unlikely that a meteor shower would produce prolonged displays of point source meteors-especially night after night.  Could there have been a fireworks display along the lakeshore?  Perhaps some business or entertainment venue was doing an effective job of attracting attention.  If you see this again in 2012, post your observation on meteorobs again as soon as possible. As for photographic documentation, especially for digital recording, I defer to my knowlegdable meteorobs colleagues.  If you follow this list for long you will see contributors and may approach them for guidance. Richard Taibi  > From: debartolo at hydeparkmedia.com
> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:54:46 -0500
> To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Fwd: large bolide over California/Nevada
> 
> saw nothing in chicago over the weekend —— but have a question for you experienced meteor watchers…
> 
> last mid- through late- october, i witnessed in the northeast sky along the western shore of lake michigan, just a few blocks north of the city of chicago, what i thought were the orionids - but there was no movement across the sky of the mainly red fireballs i saw - it was as if they came straight at my location & only appeared as round red points of light….as for size -- hold the eraser end of a pencil at arm’s length from your head, and the size of the eraser you’ll see is pretty much the size of what i saw…
> 
> also, some would morph from red to white before fading out….AND during an especially busy period, even saw a large blast & plumb of purple - this was witnessed only once.
> 
> transfixed by the nightly event occuring right outside my window, for some reason, didn’t even think of grabbing my video camera.
> 
> as it turned out, i happened to be in flagstaff later that month around halloween, & stopped in at lowell’s observatory for some info, ‘cause i knew zip about meteor showers.
> 
> they informed me the red i saw was hydrogen burning, and the purple was silver.
> 
> silver? how common is that?
> 
> many thanks…
> 
> ps -- have every intention of fully documenting the event if it repeats again here in october....any (simple) advice for achieving that photographic task would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Anthony DeBartolo
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> On Apr 23, 2012, at 12:19 PM, Stuart McDaniel wrote:
> 
> That is the one I originally saw.
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: dfischer at astro.uni-bonn.de
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 9:11 AM
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> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Fwd: large bolide over California/Nevada
> 
> Can someone confirm that image shown in
> http://www.ktvn.com/story/17652544/update-large-boom-heard-around-region-sunday
> is indeed of that bolide? If so, one of the coolest meteor pictures in a
> long time ...
> 
> Dan
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