26 November 2011

Burbank, California Meteor 25NOV2011

Burbank, California Meteor between 7-8pm PST 25NOV2011
I was on the highway, and the streak was over the mountains in the north. Lasted about a second - a very short orange, fiery streak before it burned up. Not too bright.- Bella Thank you Bella!

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Coloma, Michigan Meteor 25NOV2011

Coloma, Michigan Meteor 12:52 a.m. EST 25NOV2011
I saw a large shooting star on Nov. 25, 2011, somewhere around 12:52 a.m.. I was riding in a car on a country road somewhere around Coloma, Michigan. It was brighter than Jupiter, orange, and had a tail that was the same color. It lasted about a second at the most. I can't say for sure exactly where in the sky I saw it; my guess is it was either somewhere below the constellation Orion or in an area below-left of it, and moved away to its left. -Alex K.  Thank you Alex!


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Nashville, TN Meteor 25NOV2011

Nashville, TN  Meteor ~11:55pm 25NOV2011
I live in Nashville, TN - not sure exactly the time, but approx. midnight November 25, 2011 an incredibly bright blue/green meteor appeared on the northern horizon moving from east southeast to west northwest - a long tail glowing blueish appeared to hit the ionoshpere and illuminate a giant aurora appearing as if passing through an overcast sky - but the sky was clear - approx. 1.5 seconds total - the entry created giant greenish glow covering an area equal to a dinner plate held at arms length - i've never seen anything this bright or as huge! - it literally made the entire sky glow blue/green for an instant! - if not looking directly at object it would have appeared as if a green roman candle had gone off nearby...very shocking indeed -jeff hall Thank you Jeff!

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North Carolina Meteor 25NOV2011

Greensboro, North Carolina Meteor 1:20 am 25NOV2011
I was talking on the phone around 1:20 AM Nov 25 (Friday morning) and looked up to catch a bright, red, fiery thing falling. I was looking NorthEast at an angle of about 45 degrees, and the thing seemed to be falling slightly, but mostly moving from left to right. I don't know much about astronomy, so I don't know if it was a shooting star, but it didn't really look like one, since it was so red and the "star" part was bigger than I would expect. I hope this helps, and I would really like to know what exactly I saw that night. Thanks, Vivek Chavda  Thank you Vivek!

Greenville, North Carolina
We were heading home from a Thanksgiving Party when we saw what I thought a shooting star. It was a big white ball of light with a tail. It was huge compare to what I've ever seen before. It flashed and dissipated long enough for me to make a wish, about 3-5 seconds. We lived in Greenville North Carolina and we're heading north when we saw it. The exact time and date was Novermber 24, 2011 at 1:30 am Eastern time. We saw it on 11/25 at 1:34 AM. The size was about 10 times the size of the Northern star on a clear night as viewed from the south eastern US. When we saw it I immediately identified it as a meteor or asteroid due to size and length of time it crossed the sky. The arc suggested it passed between the earth and moon's orbit. I have seen dozens of shooting stars and this is by far the largest and most spectacular event I have witnessed. If it had hit the earth it would have made a global event - guessing of course. Virna, my son Cameron and I were in awe and discussed it for some time. Thank you. Randy and Virna Thank you all!

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Zanesfield, Ohio Meteor 25NOV2011

Zanesfield, Ohio Meteor ~7:00pm 25NOV2011
At 7 Pm EST in Zanesfield Ohio we saw a bright light shoot across the sky traveling north to south it appeared to have a tail. We were traveling south at the time We first noticed it at our 1:00 we watched it travel south until it disappeared, Less than 2 seconds, it was 10 times brighter than Venus. -Dave S. Thank you Dave!

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25 November 2011

Port Saint Lucie, Florida Meteor 24NOV2011

Port Saint Lucie, Florida Meteor  11:45pm EST 24NOV2011
Hi there, this is my very first time doing this and so I don’t know what to say other then, I saw a last night November 24th 2011 a huge meteor and I have never seen anything like it! It was huge going across the sky and it was big not so bright but there were a lot of clouds. It looked as though it was in the atmosphere not in space and it coming down, looked as though it was going to crash into the ground if that makes any sense.. It has a huge tail... I have only ever seen shooting starts and small ones that are way high up and have a tail but not a huge one like this one had.. I have to admit I am a little freaked out, from what I have read people seem to have seen really big ones that look like what I have described in these past few weeks.. I guess I watch to many movies about meteor's and comets putting the world to an end and that the president knows and wont tell is because of panic.. Thank you for letting me share. freaking out in Florida, -Tonya
Thank you Tonya!


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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25NOV2011

Meteor lights up US skies
TelegraphTV
The skies above the American Midwest have been lit up by a mysterious fireball, thought to have been a falling meteor. ...



Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Texas Meteor 23NOV2011
By LunarMeteorite*Hunter
Not sure if it was a meteor or not but there was a bright white ball flying south to north over Austin Tx around 8pm 11/23/11. There was no tail, it was a brighter and larger then any stars in the sky but did not have enough glow to illuminate the ...
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A Thanksgiving predawn meteor?
Fayetteville Observer (blog)
Around 4:30 AM today Ty in Grimesland, NC between Greenville and Washington saw a brightmeteor low in the sky…heading south to north. He writes, “It appeared to be really low, bright and with a long tail lasted for about 3 sec“. ...




NY / NJ Green Meteor Fireball 24NOV2011

Glen Cove ,New York Meteor ~11:40 pm EST 24NOV2011
Thursday, November 24th, 2011, (thanksgiving evening) about 11:40 pm
Glen Cove ,New York Observed in the north east sky .....stating at about one o'clock to about two o'clock in the sky...large pronounced green fireball lasted about two and a half seconds, short sloppy tail, you could see it was burning. *If you held a dime at arms legnth, that is how big it appeared to be. I'll never forget it!! Thanks for the web site!
andrew* from glen cove  Thank you Andrew!

Normandy Beach, NJ Meteor 11:55pm EST24NOV2011
Looking West, over the ocean, saw a bright white streak traveling South to North which ended in a bright green ball of light. Thank you. Maureen.  Thank you Maureen!


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Nashua, NH Meteor? 24NOV2011

Nashua, NH Meteor? 18:30 EST 24NOV2011
Noticed a small dimly lit but discernable to naked eye, object traveling slowly from east towards west. At first I thought it was a satellite, then it accelerated towards the western horizon through Cygnus at a VERY high rate of speed! The object never illuminated any brighter and did not have a tail/plasma. Bolide? Near Earth Object? -DLT  Thank you!


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Belleville, Ontario, Canada Bolide Meteor 24NOV2011

Belleville, Ontario, Canada Bolide Meteor 02:30 am 24NOV2011
I saw this bolide on November 24th, 2011 at 0230 exactly.
I was in the City of Belleville in Ontario, Canada. At the time of the sighting I was traveling northbound on Sidney Street in a car, so I am unsure if there had been any noises or sounds during the sighting.
I have seen quite a few bolides before, as I work nights and am in a car driving all around constantly, but this one was quite alarming as it seemed to be traveling faster than any I have seen before. It was about 30-40 degrees above the horizon directly in front of me as I traveled straight north. The bolide started out at the top left of my view, it remained as what looked like a plane in the sky, a small-ish dot, but larger than a normal plane (Belleville is located 15 minutes away from Trenton, Ontario where our major air base is, there are all kinds of military aircrafts in the air all the time.). I for about half of it's travel distance it remained a tiny, bright light that slowly grew brighter before it burst into a bright cobalt blue shade and seemed to break into at least three, if not five pieces.
The entire thing may have lasted five or eight seconds, it was over quite quickly, though I have seen bolides burn out much quicker than this one did.
As for brightness, while it was still tiny and looked like a plane, it was as bright, or possibly a tiny bit brighter than Venus, but it seemed to lose a lot of the brightness after the initial combustion into the blue flames.
I was unable to take video or pictures of this, though I would suggest looking into the sky cameras Ottawa's Colleges have. I have seen many bolides around Belleville, and they are always captured on the cameras the universities use for study.
All in all, it was pretty darn cool! Forgot to make a wish though, rats. -Emily Thank you Emily!


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24 November 2011

Western Queensland, Australia Bolide Meteor? 23NOV2011

Western Queensland, Australia Bolide Meteor? 0450 Local Queensland Time 23NOV2011
I was airborne flying over Western Queensland last night, at approximately 1850 UTS or 0450 Local Queensland Time on the morning of the 23/11/11. I and several other aircraft in the area observed a very bright series of lights descending in the sky in a cluster at the time. The brightest light was leading the cluster, and there were maybe 10 or 12 smaller lights following. We were facing south east at the time, and the object seemed to be descending from a higher altitude overhead our position to a point directly in front of us at a lower altitude. The object was moving very slow, significantly slower than any shooting star I have ever seen. The lights were visible for about two or three minutes. Several minutes later as the sun began to rise, a smoke trail could be seen that followed the path of the object. It extended from a position just south of Mount Isa and continued south east for several hundred miles towards Charleville, although the trail had dissipated by the time our aircraft had passed Charleville. We were at an altitude of 37000ft and the trail was significantly higher than us. I hope this helps!-Mat Thank you Mat!


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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24NOV2011

Baffling fireball reported overhead
Mansfield News Journal
He thinks the fireball may have landed there. Lt. Michael Vinson, of the Mansfield post of the Ohio Highway Patrol, said several agencies, including the Lexington Police Department, Troy Township Fire Department, the Richland County Sheriff's Office ...



Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Toronto, Ontario, Canada ...
By LunarMeteorite*Hunter
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Newburg, Maryland Green Meteor 23NOV2011

Newburg, Maryland Green Meteor ~8:13 pm EST 23NOV2011
I saw a green meteor go across the sky when i was out letting my dog out at about 8:13 pm . It streaked across the sky for a good 3-4 seconds before it disappeared.. I live in Newburg, Maryland. Vinny D.  Thank you Vinny!

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Texas Meteor 23NOV2011

Austin, TX Meteor 8pm cst -6GMT  23NOV2011
Not sure if it was a meteor or not but there was a bright white ball flying south to north over Austin Tx around 8pm 11/23/11. There was no tail, it was a brighter and larger then any stars in the sky but did not have enough glow to illuminate the sky. It took less then a second from horizon to horizon.- Ryan O. Thank you Ryan!

Coppell, Texas Meteor 8:15 pm 23NOV2011
walking southward, noticed a bright object streaking across the sky very quickly, disappeared into the distance beyond tree lines and my line of sight. Streaking or tail was not visible. -Michael M.  Thank you Michael!


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Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts Meteor 23NOV2011

Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts Meteor 11:50 p.m. 23NOV2011
Saw a very bright, long meteorite, looked like it was heading just about straight down when viewed from West Somerville, Mass. looking East-Southeast. I'm colorblind but it looked to be bluish with a long tail and a bright finish. It was silent, as far as I could tell, and grew brighter as it reached its conclusion.-A  Thank you Andy!


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23 November 2011

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23NOV2011

Geminid meteors will "shower" WNC in December
Mountain Xpress
This is a bit unusual since most meteor showers are caused by debris from comets, not asteroids. Nevertheless, as Phaethon orbits the Sun, it sheds dust particles that remain as a trail of debris in its path. Since the Earth encounters this trail of ...



Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Qrendi, Malta Bright ...
By LunarMeteorite*Hunter
Qrendi, Malta Bright Green Meteor 22NOV2011. Qrendi, Malta Bright Green Meteor ~21:40 22NOV2011 Massive meteor sighted over Maqluba in Qrendi Malta. date: Nov 22 2011 Time : approximate 21.40. Colour: bright green. Traveling from ...
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APOD 2011 November 22 Leonid Fireball over Tenerife
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
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Qrendi, Malta Bright Green Meteor 22NOV2011

Qrendi, Malta Bright Green Meteor ~21:40 22NOV2011
Massive meteor sighted over Maqluba in Qrendi Malta. date: Nov 22 2011 Time : approximate 21.40. Colour: bright green. The meteor dropped for about 2 seconds or a little more – and as it dropped it got brighter. It was quite spectacular.
Traveling from over head to the south (from 85 degrees overhead to 25 degrees south) approximate across a quarter of the sky. brightness 100 times the brightness of Jupiter, looked like a firework. Really amazing was not sure what it was but based on similar images realized it was a meteor Regards, Matina  Thank you Matina!


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NEOs Close Approach - Meteors, Fireballs, Bolides Watch from 18NOV-27NOV

NEO Asteroids Close Approach -Meteors, Fireballs, Bolides 
Watch from 18NOV-27NOV
These two just slipped by: 

(2011 WJ15) 2011-Nov-200.00672.624 m - 54 m25.226.33

(2011 WQ4) 2011-Nov-210.00512.09.1 m - 20 m27.37.57

UPCOMING CLOSE APPROACHES TO EARTH

AU = ~150 million kilometers
1 LD = Lunar Distance = ~384,000 kilometers

Object
Name
Close
Approach
Date
Miss
Distance
(AU)
Miss
Distance
(LD)
Estimated
Diameter*
H
(mag)
Relative
Velocity
(km/s)
175706 (1996 FG3) 2011-Nov-230.101439.5670 m - 1.5 km18.08.13
(2011 WP4) 2011-Nov-240.00381.511 m - 25 m26.910.86
(2011 WN2) 2011-Nov-250.02108.224 m - 53 m25.38.71
(2011 SR69) 2011-Nov-260.114344.5270 m - 590 m20.06.63
(2011 WR2) 2011-Nov-260.050019.524 m - 53 m25.312.50
(2010 RJ43) 2011-Nov-260.193075.159 m - 130 m23.310.66
(2008 KT) 2011-Nov-270.067426.26.0 m - 14 m28.24.97
(1994 XL1) 2011-Nov-280.118246.0180 m - 400 m20.816.36
289315 (2005 AN26) 2011-Nov-290.091835.7550 m - 1.2 km18.412.51
(2002 TZ66) 2011-Nov-300.147157.318 m - 39 m25.94.30

Source: NASA/JPL http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ca/


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22 November 2011

Hemsedal, Norway Meteor 21NOV2011

Hemsedal, Norway Meteor ~17:00 Local  21NOV2011
I live in Hemsedal, Norway. Yesterday around 17.00 a clock I saw a object flying over the sky. It lokked like a shooting star but it seemed to be very close to earth with a long, bright, fire looking tail. I was looking west when I saw the object. I was not looking at the sky at first, but the big "tail" took my attention. The date was 21/11 - 2011. At, 17.00 (5.00 in the afternoon, Stockholm time) After it got my attention I could look at it for about 3 seconds... So maybe all together for 5-6 seconds. It was travelig at less speed then a shooting star. What could this be? Do you have any information about this? Thank you =) Lisa N   Thank you Lisa!

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22NOV2011

Meteor Activity Outlook for November 19-25, 2011 « The Transient ...
By Carl Hergenrother
As seen from the northern hemisphere, meteor rates continue to be strong in November. While no major activity is expected this month, the two Taurid radiants plus the Leonids keep the skies active. The addition of strong sporadic rates make ...
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Meteor Activity Outlook for November 19-25, 2011 | American ...
This weekend the waning crescent moon will be a nuisance in the late morning sky but will not inhibitmeteor watching. If the moon is above the horizon simple ...
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Katherine Cruse interns for NASA
Keyser Mineral Daily News Tribune
While at NASA, Cruse analyzed, compared and evaluated two different meteor detection systems in order to determine which system is better suited for portable meteor observing stations, which will be used by NASA to monitor meteor showers from remote ...



Little hut on the prairie protects telescope investment
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Want to watch a meteor shower at 3 am? Set the alarm near your comfy warm bed, then go outside at 3 am, open the doors of the DobHut and you're watching the cosmos in a minute flat. Reed, a lifelong astronomy buff, saw a need and built his prototype, ...