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

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That sounds interesting, can't wait to see pics!!
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---- Jim Wooddell <nf114ec at npgcable.com> wrote: 

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Hello Jay!
What model are you using for your Modern technology/equipment?

Cheers!

Jim Wooddell

Jim Wooddell - Mobile

Jay Salsburg <jsalsburg at bellsouth.net> wrote:

>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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