Significant fireball over New Mexico July 31, 2010
July 31, 2010 4:54:46 am MDT ( 10:54:46 UTC )
There was a significant fireball over eastern New Mexico this morning
that "turned night into day" as the saying goes. I am still processing
the data but here is a preliminary movie with the audio of the radio
head echo. The full radio reflection was over three minutes duration. (
Of possible significance is the subtle "whizz" or whistle sound
initially which may be direct meteor emission rather than forward
scatter reflection.)
It is also possible this meteor was an SDA or alpha Cap or may trace
back generally to that radiant region. Not sure about that though due
to cloud.
I do not know what the magnitude of the meteor was but the Moon is fully
evident in the frame. If anyone has magnitude estimates I would
appreciate hearing from you. Thank you.
4 MB .mp4 movie
http://www.heliotown.com/FBsHE20100731_105446utAshcraft.mp4
Thomas Ashcraft / New Mexico
www.heliotown.com
There was a significant fireball over eastern New Mexico this morning
that "turned night into day" as the saying goes. I am still processing
the data but here is a preliminary movie with the audio of the radio
head echo. The full radio reflection was over three minutes duration. (
Of possible significance is the subtle "whizz" or whistle sound
initially which may be direct meteor emission rather than forward
scatter reflection.)
It is also possible this meteor was an SDA or alpha Cap or may trace
back generally to that radiant region. Not sure about that though due
to cloud.
I do not know what the magnitude of the meteor was but the Moon is fully
evident in the frame. If anyone has magnitude estimates I would
appreciate hearing from you. Thank you.
4 MB .mp4 movie
http://www.heliotown.com/FBsHE20100731_105446utAshcraft.mp4
Thomas Ashcraft / New Mexico
www.heliotown.com
3 comments:
I was driving from San Angelo, TX towards NM somewhere between 530-6AM Central Time when I saw a massive flash streak in front of me. It was mostly Green and a bit of yellow in color and was very bright. It looked like it hit off into the distance in front of me. Do you have any info for me? It really caught my attention especially since I was on my way to Roswell...go figure...
I'm in Portales New Mexico and saw it too. I thought I was going crazy because it was so bright, huge, and unusually long lasting so I'm glad to see I was not losing my mind! Though it looked blue and yellow to me it was a huge streak. I felt blessed to see such an incredible sight.
I think I caught the same fireball on my meteor camera here in Texas.
I'm located in Hawley, Tx and had my camera pointed towards 302 degrees. Here's a link to the video clip of the event.
http://www.dragonneo.net/~bigcountrywx/MeteorCam/M20100731_105447_Hawley_Tex_wa.avi
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