Ireland / Canada Meteor/Meteorite News Early 30NOV2010

Regional round-up reports from around the country

Irish Times - ‎4 時間前‎
WEST: A METEORITE was sighted shooting over Galway last night as air temperatures fell to -6 degrees. The fireball was spotted by several people in the ... (Ireland meteor 28NOV2010)

Armagh Observatory
 The Armagh Observatory received 26 fireball reports last night and early this morning, reporting a slow east-west moving fireball occurring around 17:45 UTC last night (Nov 28, 2010) north of the island of Ireland. ...

The reports, here: http://arpc65.arm.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fireballs/browse.pl


Reports from Readers of Meteor/Meteorite News:

near Dublin, Ireland (53 16'37"N, 6 25'08"W) 17:45 approx. 28th Nov 2010

Guest454 (guest): 17:45 approx. 28th Nov 2010, NNE . I was standing at 53 degrees16'37"N-6degrees25'08"W looking NNE ,It was low and fast,White with white red and blue tail

Sligo, Ireland 17:45 28NOV2010

Guest805 (guest):Saw a fireball this evening very low in sky at about 1745 over Sligo in Ireland

Dublin, Ireland  17:45 28NOV2010

barrie (guest): hey guy i saw a fireball over dublin ireland this afternoon at about 17:45 our time.any idea what it was??

If you saw a meteor please fill out the official AMS report form:http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball/report.html 

Edmonton, AB, Canada 5:42pm MST  Nov. 27
Guest654 (guest): Hi... 15 kms east of Edmonton, AB on Nov. 27 at 5:42pm MST travelling ENE to SW in the sky,brief about one second but lit up dark open field with two flareups during its trace... don`t recall the color; surprised it wasnt in the paper the next day, Was well off the horizon when facing the west, maybe 30 to 40 deg. if horizon is counted as 0 deg. ... (Thank you for the information... please file a formal report at  the AMS site: http://www.amsmeteors.org/fireball/report.html )