(meteorobs) No OCC Meteors Oct. 6/7, but a GIA fireball

Koen Miskotte k.miskotte at upcmail.nl
Sat Oct 8 09:02:47 EDT 2016


hi George,

Congrats for seeing a GIA fireball!

Hope more will appear the next day's.
Good luck!

Koen


Op 7-10-2016 om 21:57 schreef george:
>           Screech Owl Hill Observatory,  Mountain Meadows
>                  Mathias, West Virginia - October 6/7, 2016
>
>
> Although I didn’t do any formal recoded meteor observing last night,
> while I was dong other types of observing I was lucky to catch a nice
> slow yellow -4 magnitude GIA fireball that occurred at 00:29 UT.  It was
> the best GIA meteor I have ever seen, but that isn’t saying much as I have
> only seen a few of them over my many years of meteor observing.  Besides
> the Barred Owl that was heard close-by, the field crickets also added to the
> serenity of the night.  Unfortunately, it clouded up later.  Tonight looks to be
> pretty bleak as we are socked in solid with clouds and rain.
>
> Starry Skies,
> GWG
>
>
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