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Texas / Mexico Red Meteor Fireball 29JUN2011
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I just saw a red ball with a white trail zoom past our house(Mission, TX) heading south east at approx 9:00pm. The entity was traveling at very high speed but no sound produced. It seems like it was not that high in altitude. JUN 29,2011 time now 9:22pm. -Sergio
Port Aransas, Tx Hugh Fireball ~9:05 pm 29JUN2011
My husband and I were out biking in Port Aransas Tx about 9:05, June 29th and saw a huge low fireball with a very nice tail. Viewed travel from West to East and appeared to be heading for Gulf of Mexico. Only visible for about 4-5 seconds. Very bright. Juanita and Jimmy Slagle
Corpus Christi, Texas FIREBALL ~9pm 29JUN2011
Very big, lasted about 8 seconds, very bright, appeared close. -Liza W.
Kingwood, TX ~9:00 pm 29JUN2011
Guest417 (guest):Large Fireball spotted June 29,2011, 9ish
Sorry, My location is Kingwood, Tx.The Fireball was traveling West to East low in the Southern sky before breaking up into several pieces.
League City, Texas Large Fireball ~9:30 pm 29JUN2011
I saw a large fireball over League city,texas, June 29,2011, 9:30 pm, It was going from houston to south of league city.Burn out before hitting ground -Larry H. Rohde
Piedras Negras, Coahuila de Zaragoza arrived from google.com.mx on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching for light fell from the sky yesterday day over texas.
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Corpus Christi, Texas FIREBALL ~9pm 29JUN2011
Corpus Christi Tx off IH37/ Nueces Bay 9pm or so..a very Large fireball traveling east to west at a very fast speed then dissappeared. -Anon
Corpus Christi, TX around 9:18pm on June 29, 2011
I also saw the large fireball here in Corpus Christi, TX around 9:18pm on June 29, 2011, it only last around seconds. After I saw this, within 30 min a helicopter and several planes were in the same area, flying around in circles like if they were looking for something. This morning around 8:40 am in the same area there were more planes flying around in circles once again. Why did it land, and why no one has report this to the news!!! Anon
Corpus Christi, Tx. Meteor around 9:00 pm on June 29th 2011
Not sure it was a Meteor but at around 9:00 pm on June 29th 2011. At the Naval Airstation in Corpus Christi, Tx. Four of us saw a ball of fire that seemed to be commig from the sky, traveling against the wind. It was traveling from NW to the SE, it was blueish and seemed to be falling apart..
Stacy Wallis
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Stacy Wallis
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MD NJ CT VA Meteor Fireball = Rocket Launch 29JUN2011
Update from Elizabeth W.:
Well, I think the MD fireball is just an observation of the launch of a Minotaur rocket from Wallops Island. The rocket was carrying the ORS-1 satellite. Launch occurred at 11:09pm. There were some (low) clouds in the area so it would have seemed to 'disappear'...
I viewed the launch from Alexandria, VA... There were several hundred if not thousands of folks watching the launch from DE down to NC, so if there was an actual fireball, I would think we would have seen more reports...
And it was very red at first and seemed to disappear very momentarily which I attribute to low clouds...
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/missions/orsinfo.html
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/news/release-11-18.html
http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/webcast/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43556260/ns/technology_and_science-space/
my 'video'
https://picasaweb.google.com/adastragrl/RocketLaunches
Clear Skies!
Elizabeth
Thank you Elizabeth! Great video!
Ocean City, Maryland Meteor Fireball ~11:00 pm 29JUN2011
I am writing to report a fireball like siting in Ocean City, Maryland June 29 2011.
In a southern sky around 11 pm, I saw a bright red orange fireball, not as large as a full moon. It had multiple red orange bright burning like small trails that continued for about 15 seconds . The main fireball, then started to become smaller as it continued across the sky in a southern direction . It seemed to dwindle to nothing and then reappeared once more at this point looking like a giant star and continued again until it just disappeared . All in all , From when I first noticed it to when it ended lasted about what seemed to be 1 minute .
It was stunning !!!!! -trixiespalace
Ocean City, NJ ~11:27pm on June 29,2011
Chad Hutchinson: A friend and I witnessed a very long event around 11:27pm on June 29,2011. Sitting in south Ocean City, NJ, we saw a red light in the sky coming over Strathmere. As it continued north,it changed to orange and began to lose pieces. It left a trail of small burning particulates and a smoke trail. It disappeared twice but rekindled each time. It finally burned out after about 2 full minutes.
Ocean City, MD
Amy Haldeman: I just witnessed the same event in Ocean City,MD
Ocean City, Md.
Jarrod Woods:6/29/11, Ocean City, Md. we saw a fireball with a tail and the thing actually broke apart and went black and lit up twice. -Jarrod Woods
Norwich, CT ~9:00 pm
Nick Sutera: around 9 pm,may 29th, above the Norwich, CT marina, i was sitting at the marina and looked up and saw a fire ball falling from the sky ,but not sure where it landed ~Nick Sutera
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Well, I think the MD fireball is just an observation of the launch of a Minotaur rocket from Wallops Island. The rocket was carrying the ORS-1 satellite. Launch occurred at 11:09pm. There were some (low) clouds in the area so it would have seemed to 'disappear'...
I viewed the launch from Alexandria, VA... There were several hundred if not thousands of folks watching the launch from DE down to NC, so if there was an actual fireball, I would think we would have seen more reports...
And it was very red at first and seemed to disappear very momentarily which I attribute to low clouds...
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/missions/orsinfo.html
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/news/release-11-18.html
http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/webcast/
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43556260/ns/technology_and_science-space/
my 'video'
https://picasaweb.google.com/adastragrl/RocketLaunches
Clear Skies!
Elizabeth
Thank you Elizabeth! Great video!
Ocean City, Maryland Meteor Fireball ~11:00 pm 29JUN2011
I am writing to report a fireball like siting in Ocean City, Maryland June 29 2011.
In a southern sky around 11 pm, I saw a bright red orange fireball, not as large as a full moon. It had multiple red orange bright burning like small trails that continued for about 15 seconds . The main fireball, then started to become smaller as it continued across the sky in a southern direction . It seemed to dwindle to nothing and then reappeared once more at this point looking like a giant star and continued again until it just disappeared . All in all , From when I first noticed it to when it ended lasted about what seemed to be 1 minute .
It was stunning !!!!! -trixiespalace
Ocean City, NJ ~11:27pm on June 29,2011
Chad Hutchinson: A friend and I witnessed a very long event around 11:27pm on June 29,2011. Sitting in south Ocean City, NJ, we saw a red light in the sky coming over Strathmere. As it continued north,it changed to orange and began to lose pieces. It left a trail of small burning particulates and a smoke trail. It disappeared twice but rekindled each time. It finally burned out after about 2 full minutes.
Ocean City, MD
Amy Haldeman: I just witnessed the same event in Ocean City,MD
Ocean City, Md.
Jarrod Woods:6/29/11, Ocean City, Md. we saw a fireball with a tail and the thing actually broke apart and went black and lit up twice. -Jarrod Woods
Norwich, CT ~9:00 pm
Nick Sutera: around 9 pm,may 29th, above the Norwich, CT marina, i was sitting at the marina and looked up and saw a fire ball falling from the sky ,but not sure where it landed ~Nick Sutera
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29 June 2011
Long Live the Nakhla Dog! 100 Years Ago in Egypt 28JUN1911 28JUN2011
| One Hundred Years Ago Today, A Mars Meteorite Fell in a Blaze Smithsonian (blog) But soon after, WF Hume, minister of the Geological Survey of Egypt, began taking eyewitness statements, and two months later published his report, “The FirstMeteorite Record in Egypt.” One of those statements, from a farmer who claimed to have seen a ... |
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28 June 2011
Peyia, Cyprus Meteor Fireball 24JUN2011
Peyia, Cyprus Meteor Fireball 00:05 EET 24JUN2011
I saw a large orange red fireball as big as the moon. It was visible over Peyia Valley in Cyprus. I was facing south south west at the time and it was visible for about 45 seconds from me noticing it. Totally silent.
Whilst I was watching it shrank to half the size in an instant but then it very slowly started a descent into the valley but then just before it disappeared it looked like it had exploded.
Hope this info was helpful for your research.
Please note that the time was Thursday night early hours in the morning of Friday 24th June 2011 and that this was Cyprus time. Regards, Julie R Thank you Julie!
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I saw a large orange red fireball as big as the moon. It was visible over Peyia Valley in Cyprus. I was facing south south west at the time and it was visible for about 45 seconds from me noticing it. Totally silent.
Whilst I was watching it shrank to half the size in an instant but then it very slowly started a descent into the valley but then just before it disappeared it looked like it had exploded.
Hope this info was helpful for your research.
Please note that the time was Thursday night early hours in the morning of Friday 24th June 2011 and that this was Cyprus time. Regards, Julie R Thank you Julie!
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El Paso, Texas White/Red Meteor Fireball Witnessed and Captured 28JUN2011
El Paso, Texas White Meteor Fireball Witnessed and Captured 4:33 am MDT 28JUN2011
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| El Paso, Texas Meteor Fireball 28JUN2011 (c) ELP Sentinel Allsky / Jim Gamble |
El Paso fireball with very nice long lasting train
Just observed a nice fireball with impressive train.Train lasted at least 5 to6 seconds @ 4:33 am MDT.White in color. This event cover about 50 degrees.I could see the light on the ground and reflecting in the sky. Seemed to come from Pegasus area of the sky moving down to the south west.I believe this event should be in your southeastern sky from the ELP Allsky location. Fireball lasted 3 to 4 seconds visually. I was up hoping to get a look at Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd but the wind was blowing to hard to set up so I was just
standing out looking nake eye at the sky. The train event was outstanding.The train went from white to a rust red back to white before decaying.The best such event I have observed this year.
Regards,Thomas Dorman, Sky City, TX
Thank you Thomas!
standing out looking nake eye at the sky. The train event was outstanding.The train went from white to a rust red back to white before decaying.The best such event I have observed this year.
Regards,Thomas Dorman, Sky City, TX
Thank you Thomas!
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Sweden / Finland / Estonia Green Bolide Meteor Fireball 27JUN2011
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Sweden Bolide Meteor Fireball ~23:55 Sweden Local Time 27JUN2011
We(3 persons) saw a very bright GIANT "starfall", time duration: about 2 seconds.
Fallowed by lightning all over the sky, looked like flashes -Time duration: about 4 seconds.
No sounds afterwards.
Tobbe Thank you Tobias!
Gryt, Sweden greenish light ~23:45 on 27 June 2011
Aloha. My name is Curtis Zimmerman. My girlfriend and I witnessed
effects from the meteor last night.We were laying in bed watching a movie and the room filled with
flashes of greenish light at approximately 23:45 on 27 June 2011 (as
opposed to the 23:55 reported by others). I immediately ran to a
nearby window and attempted to spot anything in the sky, however
apparently the meteor (as I suspect it to be, judging from all of the
signs of the event) had already passed directly overhead. We are on a
small island near the town of Gryt in Sweden, southwest of Stockholm
by about 150km or so. I put on some shorts and shoes, and ran outside
in the yard to see if I could spot anything else, and noticed a
twisting, irregularly-shaped "contrail" left by something extremely
recent, and I assumed thereafter that this trail was left by the
(re)entering object. My girlfriend and I had been standing outside
approximately 60-75 seconds after the flashes of extremely bright
light, when we heard (from overhead) a very distant, distinct,
rumbling sound, not unlike a consistent kind of thunder, but not
exactly like that of a jet plane. The rumbling sound lasted
approximately 10 to 15 seconds, then trailed off faintly. I am in the
military and have extensive experience with aerial phenomenon and
suspect this event to be a meteor or possibly a piece of re-entering
space trash. I am no meteorologist or weather expert, but juding on my
experience with timing sound to light events, I calculate the
approximate distance of the object to be about 20-30km directly over
our point of observation. Hope this helps,-curtisz Thank You Curtisz!
Jonkoping, Sweden Bolide ~23:30 27JUN2011
I saw the meteor on 27 June 2011 at approximately 23:30 (ish) whilst in Jonkoping, Sweden.
I've seen meteors / comets before, but this was something else. It was so close it was unbelievable, and looked more like something out of a movie.
My girlfriend who was driving at the time didn't see it and still thinks I am making it up!!
It was awwwesome!!! R R Pilcher
North Estonia
I saw it too, and im living in North-Estonia. i was on my way home. it was nothing like i had ever seen before, it was so bright and moving in straight line, down the sky far far away. as i was looking it, trying to understand what it is, it suddenly turned to flames, and that point i got somewhat scared, my head twisted and i started to walk faster to my home, which is at higher grounds, seemed safer. glad it didnt turn out so badly. -Sew
I saw it from Sweden too! Amazing, too bad I didn't caught it on video! -Anon.
Kirkas tulipallo näkyi Etelä-Suomessa - lentorata Tukholman suunnalla - Tähdet ja avaruus
"Kyseisestä kappaleesta on saattanut pudota meteoriitti, mutta on yhä mahdollista että kohde on palanut loppuun ilmakehässä", tulipallotyöryhmän matemaatikko Esko Lyytinen sanoo.
"There may have been a meteorite fall, but it is still possible that the target burned out in the atmosphere," fireball group mathematician, Esko Lyytinen says...
...http://www.avaruus.fi/
Light phenomenon excites Uusimaa meteor spotters (in Finland)
YLE.fi
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Light phenomenon excites Uusimaa meteor spotters (in Finland)
YLE.fi
An extraordinary light phenomenon was visible in the southern province of Uusimaa on Monday night. Eyewitnesses described the phenomenon as a yellow ball with a green trailing flash.... (more)
http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2011/06/light_phenomenon_excites_uusimaa_meteor_spotters_2689845.html
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Romania Meteor 25JUN2011
Romania Meteor ~11:00 pm 25JUN2011
I think I saw that too. I'm from Romania and I think I saw it at 11, or even later. I didn't remember. But I saw it in south. It wasn't so bright. first it was orange, than blue, than again orange. It was a little bit bigger than a star, so I knew that it was a meteorite. Duration of event: I think 1-2 sec, I dont know surely, because I was very excited. That was the first meteorite I have seen! -Crobi
Anyone else see this in Romania? Different date or time please send your report! It appears that this was widely seen but only one report. Please help. If you do not write English please write in Romanian and I will attempt to get it translated. Thank you! -Tokyo
We need:
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I think I saw that too. I'm from Romania and I think I saw it at 11, or even later. I didn't remember. But I saw it in south. It wasn't so bright. first it was orange, than blue, than again orange. It was a little bit bigger than a star, so I knew that it was a meteorite. Duration of event: I think 1-2 sec, I dont know surely, because I was very excited. That was the first meteorite I have seen! -Crobi
Anyone else see this in Romania? Different date or time please send your report! It appears that this was widely seen but only one report. Please help. If you do not write English please write in Romanian and I will attempt to get it translated. Thank you! -Tokyo
We need:
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27 June 2011
Morgan, Utah Bright Orange-colored Meteor 27JUN2011
Morgan, Utah Bright Orange-colored Meteor ~3:50 a.m. 27JUN2011
Hello, just seen pretty bright, orange colored meteor with what looked like sparks around it something fly through the sky. Above Morgan, Utah at about 3:50 a.m. june 27th. Viewed by eye and not telescope the size was bigger than what commercial airline planes look. It was going south or southeast. The length of time I seen it was about 5 seconds. I don't know if it was the 2011 MD asteroid or a seperate meteorite. Seconds before that there was a light that size and color looked just as a small star, I would have thought it was a star but it was moving quicker than airplanes do. It was around the same part of sky as the larger what possible asteroid traveling same direction but still slower. Jake, Morgan, Utah
It was not 2011 MD. Thank you Jake!
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Hello, just seen pretty bright, orange colored meteor with what looked like sparks around it something fly through the sky. Above Morgan, Utah at about 3:50 a.m. june 27th. Viewed by eye and not telescope the size was bigger than what commercial airline planes look. It was going south or southeast. The length of time I seen it was about 5 seconds. I don't know if it was the 2011 MD asteroid or a seperate meteorite. Seconds before that there was a light that size and color looked just as a small star, I would have thought it was a star but it was moving quicker than airplanes do. It was around the same part of sky as the larger what possible asteroid traveling same direction but still slower. Jake, Morgan, Utah
It was not 2011 MD. Thank you Jake!
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Rowlett, Texas Bright Slow Meteor Fireball ~5:20am 27JUN2011
Rowlett, TX Bright Slow Meteor Fireball ~5:20am 27JUN2011
I saw a fireball from my bedroom window about 5:20am on June 27 2011 traveling in a northwest direction.
My perspective was from Rowlett TX, a suburb of Dallas, looking southeast. The fireball was travelling from left to right about 45deg from the horizon and at a 30deg angle. It was bright, changed colors and broke up into multiple pieces. It seemed to be moving slower than I have seen meteorites travel before. It lasted more than 3 seconds I lost sight of it after it traversed the width of my window.-Regal
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I saw a fireball from my bedroom window about 5:20am on June 27 2011 traveling in a northwest direction.
My perspective was from Rowlett TX, a suburb of Dallas, looking southeast. The fireball was travelling from left to right about 45deg from the horizon and at a 30deg angle. It was bright, changed colors and broke up into multiple pieces. It seemed to be moving slower than I have seen meteorites travel before. It lasted more than 3 seconds I lost sight of it after it traversed the width of my window.-Regal
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Lexington, KY Orange-red Meteor Fireball 25JUN2011
Lexington, KY Orange-red Meteor Fireball approx 9:40.pm 25JUN2011
I was in my parents back yard saturday night June 25 2011 approx 9:40.pm Lexington Ky 40504. I saw this orange -red fireball coming very fast across the sky from the s east going west. it was very bright and you could see the color and the flames . I hollered for my mom and dad to come outside and they were able to see it also. It had flames on the end. It seemed to get smaller as it approached overhead and looked like it went straight up and disappeared. It was very amazing. I am glad my parents saw this as they are both in their late 80's -Linda Owens
Lexington, KY Orange-red Meteor Fireball approx 9:40.pm 25JUN2011
My friends and I saw this, too! It was some time between 9pm and midnight (sorry that I can't be more precise). We were sitting outside at the Starbucks on Nicholasville Rd when two gigantic, flaming, orange-red spheres came zipping overhead. One was a few seconds behind the other, but as far as we could tell they were on the same trajectory, moving E to W (slightly SE to NW). -Zabet
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I was in my parents back yard saturday night June 25 2011 approx 9:40.pm Lexington Ky 40504. I saw this orange -red fireball coming very fast across the sky from the s east going west. it was very bright and you could see the color and the flames . I hollered for my mom and dad to come outside and they were able to see it also. It had flames on the end. It seemed to get smaller as it approached overhead and looked like it went straight up and disappeared. It was very amazing. I am glad my parents saw this as they are both in their late 80's -Linda Owens
Lexington, KY Orange-red Meteor Fireball approx 9:40.pm 25JUN2011
My friends and I saw this, too! It was some time between 9pm and midnight (sorry that I can't be more precise). We were sitting outside at the Starbucks on Nicholasville Rd when two gigantic, flaming, orange-red spheres came zipping overhead. One was a few seconds behind the other, but as far as we could tell they were on the same trajectory, moving E to W (slightly SE to NW). -Zabet
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New Zealand Meteor 27JUN2011
Gisborne, New Zealand Meteor ~6.
Guest160 (guest):Approx 6.30pm this evening Gisborne, New Zealand I saw a shooting star and something flew off it. Going from approx NE to NW. ?
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Guest160 (guest):Approx 6.30pm this evening Gisborne, New Zealand I saw a shooting star and something flew off it. Going from approx NE to NW. ?
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Bedfordshire, UK Meteor 26JUN2011
Bedfordshire, UK Meteor 9.40pm 26JUN2011
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I'm in Bedfordshire, UK and last night at around 9.40pm my son and I saw an bright orange, spherical object travelling across the sky in a North Westerly direction. It was as clear as a bell and was, most certainly not a plane. The sky was incredibly clear last night and we could see planes all around. It was visible for some time as it travelled the length of the sky (incredibly fast) and it's trajectory was certainly a downward direction. I have never seen anything like it before and am familiar with shooting stars, meteor showers and the like.
Louise
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Pretoria, South Africa Meteor Report 27JUN2011
Pretoria, South Africa VERY bright Meteor 06:07 am 27JUN2011
I am in Pretoria, South Africa. Saw at 06H07 this morning a meteorite or something. It was travelling VERY fast, very low. lower than the average hight of a plane. Saw a VERY bright light as it was burning. Was moving in a eastern direction to the free state area.
Riekert
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I am in Pretoria, South Africa. Saw at 06H07 this morning a meteorite or something. It was travelling VERY fast, very low. lower than the average hight of a plane. Saw a VERY bright light as it was burning. Was moving in a eastern direction to the free state area.
Riekert
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Asteroid 2011 MD Today 27JUN2011 to Pass NOT Kiss!
Asteroid 2011 MD Final Countdown to Pass NOT Kiss!? 27JUN2011
Uploaded on YouTube by IwantToBelieve76 on 24 Jun 2011 6650 views
Video of 2011 MD 26JUN2011
Uploaded to YouTube by astroligu on 26 Jun 2011 211views
Video by Italian observers Rolando Ligustri and D. Da Rio starting at 10:16 p.m. local time.
70 exposures of 5 sec spaced by 20 sec
Times and schedules for approach:
http://newyork.ibtimes.com/articles/169768/20110627/asteroid-2011-md-pass-earth-monday-june-27-where-when-how-telescope.htm
Observable from (with telescope):
South Africa ~17:30 + UTC
Antarctica ~17:30 UTC / =9:30 a.m. EDT/ =8:30 a.m. CDT/=7:30 MDT/ =6:30 PDT
Approach will be visible across (with telescope):
Australia ~17:00 UTC (approximately 30 minutes prior to closest pass point)
New Zealand ~17:00 UTC (approximately 30 minutes prior to closest pass point)
southern and eastern Asia/ western Pacific.
* times are approximate and subject to variation; NASA site still shows closest approach time at 17:01 UTC
Best of luck in seeing it! -Tokyo
Stansbury Observatory in Tooele, Utah
- Patrick Wiggins, Astronomer
Just hours from closest approach and it's quite bright and really moving
fast. Unfortunately it will be daytime here when it's at it's closest
approach so I wont get to see it then. Grumble.
At any rate, what follows is a compilation of all my 2011 MD animations.
Details for all animations: Paramount ME, C-14 operating at f/5.5, ST10-XME
binned 3x3, -10°, clear filter. FOV ~18x26 arc minutes. North up, east to
left. 2011 MD moves from upper left to lower right in all but the last two.
2011 JUN 24
40-60 second exposures, each taken 2 minutes apart, between 0716 and 0916
UT. Tracking sidereal rate.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-01.GIF
2011 JUN 25
45-60 second exposures, each taken 60 seconds apart, between 0644 and 0824
UT. Tracking sidereal rate.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-02.GIF
2011 JUN 26
29-60 second exposures, each taken 60 seconds apart, between 0814 and 0912
UT. Tracking sidereal rate.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-03.GIF
2011 JUN 27
30-5 second exposures, each taken 15 seconds apart, between 0637 and 0648
UT. Distance from Earth about 123,000 km. Tracking sidereal rate.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-04.GIF
Same as above (2011MD-04.GIF) but plays faster.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-05.GIF
30-5 second exposures, each taken 15 seconds apart, between 0712 and 0723
UT. Distance from Earth about 117,000 km. Tracking approximate rate of
2011 MD.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-06.GIF
Same as above (2011MD-06.GIF) but plays faster.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-07.GIF
For more information check out my initial post here:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/06/breaking-news-alert-neos-to-rock-rattle.html
IF you happen to see a meteor we want your report please! Thank you!
Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos?
please email LunarMeteoriteHunter@gmail.com
Your reports make it possible for all to check what they saw as well. Thank you!
2011 Year of Meteors!
Uploaded on YouTube by IwantToBelieve76 on 24 Jun 2011 6650 views
Video of 2011 MD 26JUN2011
Uploaded to YouTube by astroligu on 26 Jun 2011 211views
Video by Italian observers Rolando Ligustri and D. Da Rio starting at 10:16 p.m. local time.
70 exposures of 5 sec spaced by 20 sec
Times and schedules for approach:
http://newyork.ibtimes.com/articles/169768/20110627/asteroid-2011-md-pass-earth-monday-june-27-where-when-how-telescope.htm
Observable from (with telescope):
South Africa ~17:30 + UTC
Antarctica ~17:30 UTC / =9:30 a.m. EDT/ =8:30 a.m. CDT/=7:30 MDT/ =6:30 PDT
Approach will be visible across (with telescope):
Australia ~17:00 UTC (approximately 30 minutes prior to closest pass point)
New Zealand ~17:00 UTC (approximately 30 minutes prior to closest pass point)
southern and eastern Asia/ western Pacific.
* times are approximate and subject to variation; NASA site still shows closest approach time at 17:01 UTC
Best of luck in seeing it! -Tokyo
Stansbury Observatory in Tooele, Utah
- Patrick Wiggins, Astronomer
Just hours from closest approach and it's quite bright and really moving
fast. Unfortunately it will be daytime here when it's at it's closest
approach so I wont get to see it then. Grumble.
At any rate, what follows is a compilation of all my 2011 MD animations.
Details for all animations: Paramount ME, C-14 operating at f/5.5, ST10-XME
binned 3x3, -10°, clear filter. FOV ~18x26 arc minutes. North up, east to
left. 2011 MD moves from upper left to lower right in all but the last two.
2011 JUN 24
40-60 second exposures, each taken 2 minutes apart, between 0716 and 0916
UT. Tracking sidereal rate.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-01.GIF
2011 JUN 25
45-60 second exposures, each taken 60 seconds apart, between 0644 and 0824
UT. Tracking sidereal rate.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-02.GIF
2011 JUN 26
29-60 second exposures, each taken 60 seconds apart, between 0814 and 0912
UT. Tracking sidereal rate.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-03.GIF
2011 JUN 27
30-5 second exposures, each taken 15 seconds apart, between 0637 and 0648
UT. Distance from Earth about 123,000 km. Tracking sidereal rate.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-04.GIF
Same as above (2011MD-04.GIF) but plays faster.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-05.GIF
30-5 second exposures, each taken 15 seconds apart, between 0712 and 0723
UT. Distance from Earth about 117,000 km. Tracking approximate rate of
2011 MD.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-06.GIF
Same as above (2011MD-06.GIF) but plays faster.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2011MD-07.GIF
For more information check out my initial post here:
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/06/breaking-news-alert-neos-to-rock-rattle.html
IF you happen to see a meteor we want your report please! Thank you!
Date and Time of event? Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Start and Stop location in sky? Direction of movement? Duration of Event (seconds)? Brightness ( in comparison with Venus, Moon, Sun) color, sounds? Photos? Videos?
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Yuba City, California Meteor Captured on Camera 26JUN2011
Early morning meteoroid June 26, 2011 at 0453 PDT (1153 GMT) over Yuba City, California.
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| June 26, 2011 at 0453 PDT (1153 GMT) over Yuba City, California. (c) 2011 Yuba City Sentinel Allsky / YC Sentinel |
After a very long period of slow fireball activity, a somewhat unusual event occured early in the morning of June 26, 2011 at 0453 PDT (1153 GMT) over Yuba City, California. This meteoroid originated at zenith and lasted 3 seconds in a SouthWest direction (South-West at 244 deg. True North.), ending at an apprx. altitude of 46 degrees. I do not know if this event fits the theoretical modeling Dirk has suggested regarding associated material from space accompanying (before and after) the asteroid 2011 MD. -YCSentinel
Thank you Larry Stange for your dedication to running a Sentinel Allsky Camera and for reporting your findings!
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Location name (town,city) where you were when saw the meteor? Thank you Larry Stange for your dedication to running a Sentinel Allsky Camera and for reporting your findings!
If you see a meteor we need this information in your report:
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