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Re: (meteorobs) Fireball Sunday morning?
Hi Wayne,
I missed it. I wasn't out for another hour and fifteen minutes that
morning. John Krempasky, another Marylander, lives on Delmarva, maybe he
was out?
Rates were poor for me too.
Best wishes, Rich
>From: Wayne T Hally <meteors@eclipsedot net>
>Reply-To: meteorobs@atmob.org
>To: "'Meteorobs Mail List'" <meteorobs@atmob.org>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Fireball Sunday morning?
>Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 10:36:18 -0400
>
>Hi everyone,
> At the NJAA we had the first annual meteor observing party this past
>Sunday morning. In addition to the experienced observers, Kevin K and
>myself, we had 5 (!!!!!) first time official meteor observers. I'm still
>massaging their first reports; they'll be posted this weekend. LM was only
>fair and rates were pretty low (for me) but everyone had a great time and
>promised to do it again (and I beat on 'em about the Leonids :->).
> One event I'd like to mention. At approximately 05:12:52 UT (01:12:52 EDT)
>a bright flash lit the southeast sky, about azimuth 140 from our location
>near High Bridge in NW NJ.COORDINATES: 74d 53' 54" West 40d 40' 52" North
>ELEVATION: 830 feet (253 Meters). Our horizon is at about 10 degrees in
>that direction, and although I was facing that way, did not see a fireball,
>but I assume that is what it must have been. So, figuring the brightness of
>the flash, with an elevation of 10 degrees placing the fireball (if that's
>what it was) at least 600 km away, that would place it several hundred km
>offshore of the Delmarva Peninsula, with a magnitude of at least -8 for
>observers along the coast; certainly it's absolute overhead magnitude must
>have been much higher. I'm surprised that there were no panicky calls to
>officials.
> The question is, did anyone else see this event? We'd love to know if it
>was a fireball.
>
>Thanx,
>
> All the meteor observers at the NJAA, including
>
>Wayne Tv Hally
>
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