Re: [APML] Fireball last night?

[brianl@polytecpi.com]

Hi Alen,

I was up in Huntsville Ontario after Starfest week vacationing and showing some campers 
views through my scope and around 12:30 am this group saw it as well...it lit up the entire area 
with a soft bluish light ( like an LED flashlight) and was very bright, bluish green color with a 
strong flare up, was slow moving and fragmented into 4 -6 pieces about 10-15 degrees above 
the southern horizon....but the most interesting aspect of this night was that 4 people from this 
same group including myself saw another fireball earlier in the evening about 30 minutes after 
sunset in a still  fairly bright sky but this time the fireball moved from zenith towards the east.  
It also fragmented low in the eastern sky after a 3 - 4 second duration after reaching a possible 
mag of -6  to -7. I commented that this would have looked much more spectacular in a dark 
sky and sure enough the midnight streaker confirmed my statement...possibly a -8 to -10 and 
to no one more surprised than me at 2 sporadic events like this in one evening.

Best regards, Brian Lula



On 31 Aug 2003 at 15:47, Alen Koebel wrote:

> > I am wondering who else last night saw a spectacular
> > fireball? I was out imaging from 10pm till dawn and 
> > at 12:30am EDT I saw a HUGE, bright green fireball
> > descend at about 45 degrees from East to North,
> > passing through Perseus. Moved slowly, was INTENSE 
> > in its brightness and noticeably teardrop shaped.
> > Pieces seemed to be streaming off the tail. Right 
> > out of a movie.
> > 
> > Anyone see this or hear any reports?
> 
> I saw it too! I was in your area, more or less, about
> 8.5 km north of Mount Forest. (I was out trying to
> image too, but sporadic high clouds ruined things 
> after about 1:00 AM.) It was exactly as you describe
> it. I would add that when it broke up, the pieces
> seemed to glow an orange colour. The initial colour,
> however, was definitely green. It was so damn bright
> I thought someone had launched a flare, but when I
> turned around I could see it was no flare! 
> 
> 
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