Meteor over Victoria!

[kosmonavtkaa]

...Which I didn't see <img src="/images/icons/frown.gif" /> (was in bed) on Tuesday 2/10, but Dad did - a greenish fireball that lit up the sky and traveled from northeast to southwest. It could have been some space debris containing some copper, which would cause the greenish color.<br /><br /><font color="orange"><b>Meteor lights up the sky</b><br /><br />A GREEN-HUED meteor lit up the sky above Victoria last night, prompting calls to emergency services and astronomical groups.<br /><br />Reports of the meteor, which appeared at about 9.55pm, came from the state's north-east, suburbs across Melbourne and even towns in South Australia.<br /><br />Witnesses reported a green, round light moving southwards in the eastern sky, leaving a burnt copper-like trail lasting several seconds.<br /><br />Perry Vlahos, vice-president of the Astronomical Society of Victoria, said it was a rare but not unusual event. "It happens a number of times a year, but it's just a matter of looking up at the right time."<br /><br />He said the meteor was most likely space debris the size of a tennis ball swept up in the Earth's atmosphere. (Source and here)</font>/safety_wrapper> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[alokmohan]

Our own METEOR may be the culprit.

 

[pyoko]

Victoria in Australia? Where? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="color:#ff9900" class="Apple-style-span">-pyoko</span> <span style="color:#333333" class="Apple-style-span">the</span> <span style="color:#339966" class="Apple-style-span">duck </span></p><p><span style="color:#339966" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color:#808080;font-style:italic" class="Apple-style-span">It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.</span></span></p> </div>

 

[cbased]

Yes, Victoria Australia. I've heard about this meteor in the news block on the radio today.

 

[ashish27]

yeah, i have spotted meteors in my place also which is eastern India. Seems like Earth is crossing a meteor stream

 

[MeteorWayne]

You consider it unusual that you have spotted meteors?<br /><br />I counted 194 during September..... <br /><br />Meteor Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[alokmohan]

Name it meteor wayne.

 

[kosmonavtkaa]

<font color="orange"><i>Victoria in Australia? Where?</i></font><br /><br /><b>State</b> of Victoria <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[ashish27]

194! wow thats some number. have you taken any pixes?

 

[MeteorWayne]

No, other folks at the NJAA operate a video system.<br />I have 12 years experince in visual meteor observing, so the most benefit from our observations is to run them at the same time so we can cross calibrate the two systems; my eye-brain, and the video system.<br /><br />So far in 2007, I have counted and/or plotted 610 meteors in just over 70 hours of observing time. The video system is still in the "working out the bugs" stage, but should be running full time before the Orionids arrive later this month.<br /><br />MW<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[Smersh]

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