(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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