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(meteorobs) Re: Fireballs
Mike wrote:
> Is there a "Fireball" type shower from the Virgo area that
> occurs this time of year?
Gary Kronk lists the Virginids Complex from late February
through early May. He also has four separate showers from
Virgo, Alpha, Gamma, Eta, and Theta. Some fireballs have
been observed in at least some of them. Here are URLs:
Virginid Complex:
http://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/showers/virginid_complex.html
Alpha Virginids (6 fireballs, 1896-1915)
http://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/showers/alpha_virginids.html
Gamma Virginids (scattered fireballs, 1895-1963):
http://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/showers/gamma_virginids.html
Eta Virginids:
http://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/showers/eta_virginids.html
Theta Virginids:
http://comets.amsmeteors.org/meteors/showers/theta_virginids.html
I think many (all?) of these may now be identified as
antihelion meteors.
Fireball. It appears that there was a very bright southbound
fireball seen from Richland, Washington, to Susanville and
Chico, California, at about 20:25 on the evening of February 16
(local time, early Feb 17 UTC/GMT) -- based on several reports
to the NUFORC web site, including calls from the Chico, CA,
9-1-1 facility and California Highway Patrol to NUFORC (!):
http://www.nuforc.org/webreports/ndxe200302.html
(As I've mentioned before, I read that site on cloudy nights,
because there are frequently interesting naive eyewitness
reports there of very bright fireballs and other identifiable
things.)
Ed Cannon - ecannon @ mail.utexasdot edu - Austin, Texas, USA
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