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(meteorobs) Re: Another bright SoCal meteor?
Rob,
Your meteor sounds like a bright sporadic which are quite uncommon that
time of night. Too bad we both missed the one that caused all the
commotion!
Clear Skies!
Bob Lunsford
"Matson, Robert" wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I heard a lot of buzz on late night television news stations,
> and again this morning on what was probably a very bright
> meteor off the southern California coast last night. Many
> people called in to police and radio stations reporting a
> downed aircraft in the vicinity of Long Beach Harbor, but
> no wreckage was found nor were any aircraft reporting
> missing. They concluded that it had to have been a meteor.
> It was observed from as far north as San Luis Obispo. Did
> anyone else see it (I did not)?
>
> While waiting for a relatively bright satellite (a GPS
> rocket booster) to make a near zenith pass of Torrance, CA
> last night at 19:30 PST, I observed what I assumed to be a
> fast, short-duration sporadic meteor (mag ~2), heading
> roughly northbound. Sky location was approx. RA 9h, Dec +35
> (i.e. about 15 degrees east of zenith). Don't suppose
> this matches up with any of the currently active sources.
>
> Cheers,
> Rob (from 33.8378N, 118.3084W)
>
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