(meteorobs) Large fireball - central New Mexico April 12 2014 0904:28 pm MDT

Thomas Ashcraft ashcraft at heliotown.com
Sun Apr 13 09:58:57 EDT 2014


Jim,

I checked the AMS site and there are about forty five eyewitness reports 
but I don't think there were sonics mentioned.
http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/fireball/browse_reports?report_status=pending

It seems that the thrill of this fireball was the series of bright 
flashings and multicolors but it might have been only mag -9 or so.

Thomas


On 4/13/14 7:43 28000, Jim Wooddell wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> Don't think it was that big of an event, but yes indeed would have been
> cool to be right under it.  Were there any reports of sonics that you
> are aware of?
>
> Jim
>
>
> On 4/12/2014 9:46 PM, Thomas Ashcraft wrote:
>> Very large fireball   Saturday evening April 12 2014 09:04:28 pm MDT
>> ( April 13 2014  03:04:28 UTC )
>>
>> Multiple reports of a large fireball on the 10 pm local news alerted me
>> to check my all sky camera.  I captured the fireball at the far southern
>> edge of my camera field of view from my observatory near Santa Fe, New
>> Mexico. Hard to tell from one camera view but it appeared to be heading
>> north to south. It lasted about six seconds and there were multiple
>> flashes as it terminated behind clouds.  It must have been an awesome
>> sight to eye witness.
>>
>> This fireball might have been picked up by Las Cruces cameras?  Lots of
>> clouds tonight though.
>>
>> Interestingly, this is another supersize fireball that barely made a
>> forward scatter radio reflection and it was right in my radio sweet
>> spot.  McKinley also noted that the largest of fireballs often make
>> minimal forward scatter.  Very curious.
>>
>> I will post my video soon though it is not spectacular being so far
>> distant at the edge of my field of view.
>>
>> Thomas Ashcraft near Lamy, New Mexico
>> _______________________________________________
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