(meteorobs) Very bright Colorado fireball

[Thomas Ashcraft]

Hi Chris,

I just got back from traveling and checked my video and see your 
fireball although it is at my far northern edge of field view. Maybe 
there is still some data in the video?

Extract here:
http://www.heliotown.com/FBnsOct062014_100747ut8367Heliotown.mp4

Thomas Ashcraft
Radio Fireball Observatory
Near Lamy, New Mexico






On 10/7/14 10:18 02000, Chris Peterson wrote:
> Yesterday morning, we had a mag -12 event just a little west of Denver.
> The radiant suggests an Orionid, but the average speed of 44 km/s is a
> bit on the low side for that. The event was at 2014.10.06 UT 10:07:47.
> Duration 2.5s. Beginning height 123 km, ending height 35 km. Angle of
> descent 38° from vertical. Multiple fragmentations or terminal
> explosions. Terminal point near Fraser, CO, meaning high mountain
> country. I didn't see anything on the Denver doppler radar, which does
> cover all of the descent path.
>
> I haven't had time to fully analyze this event or put together videos,
> but the still images are impressive.
>
>   From Cloudbait Observatory:
> http://www.cloudbait.com/meteor/data.php?recnum=64528
>
>   From the Denver Museum of Nature and Science:
> http://www.cloudbait.com/meteor/data.php?recnum=64558 and
> http://www.cloudbait.com/meteor/data.php?recnum=64560 (caught as two
> events; note that the camera time is fast by 104 seconds).
>
> Chris