(meteorobs) October 30th 2012 Fireball Over Southern Mid-West USA

[Jay Salsburg]

Hello Robert

I am crafting a Meteor Video Observatory using all modern technology. As I
proceed, I am documenting its materials, construction techniques, and
technology; at 90% completion. I will be posting a Web Page including in it,
the eBook of this procedure. Hopefully, over time, this Observatory will
produce activity Reports. I am counting on others to "Open Source" the
WSentinel Code.

Secondly; I am scrubbing the METEOR code to make it usable in Modern
Operating Systems, with the target of making it run in Python so it will be
Platform Independent.

Third; at an early preliminary stage, I am investigating making a 50 MHz
Meteor Beacon (similar to the Beacon in Belgium) and hopefully in addition,
a Meteor Pulse Doppler RADAR.

Jay Salsburg

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
[mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of Robert Lunsford
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 7:22 PM
To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
Subject: (meteorobs) October 30th 2012 Fireball Over Southern Mid-West USA

The American Meteor Society has received over 60 reports of a bright meteor
that occurred near 06:10 CDT on Tuesday morning October 30, 2012, over the
southern mid-western states. Reports were received as far south as Alabama
and Louisiana, as far north as Illinois, as far east as Kentucky and
Tennessee, and as far west as Texas and Oklahoma. Brightness estimates of
this fireball vary considerably, but the average lies near magnitude -13,
which is equivalent to the light produced by the full moon. Several colors
have been reported with green being the most predominant. We are near the
peak time of year for Taurid meteors, which are known to produce colorful
fireballs. It is too early to tell if in fact this meteor was in fact a
member of the Taurid meteor shower. Summaries of individual reports may be
viewed in the 2012 AMS Fireball Table at: 

http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball2/public.php?start_date=2012-01-01&end_dat
e=2012-12-31

 Refer to event #1677 for 2012.

Clear Skies!

Robert Lunsford
American Meteor Society
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