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Re: [APML] Fireball last night?
Brian, this gets more interesting with each update. There were a number
of confirmed sightings from members of the Toronto Centre of the RASC
from a number of locations in and North of Toronto. Yours in Huntsville
and Alen's near Mount Forest, mine South of Georgian Bay and three
people outside Collingwood. I begin to wonder just how local this was.
Can I share your report with my Toronto Centre colleagues? Alen, same
question to you?
Stuart
brianl@polytecpi.com wrote:
>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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