Australia Meteor Fireball ~5:40 am AEST 24MAY2012
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Australia Meteor ~5:40 am AEST 24MAY2012 Sighting Reports
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Initial Reports:
24MAY2012
John
PENRITH, NSW, AUSTRALIA
05:45 +10
10 sec EST
W, Left to Right, Facing West
Bright Green with an orange tail
Brighter than a full moon
Yes
Fragments where falling off it during its decent, ending is a bright flash and a large number of orange fragments.
24MAY2012
Reeves
Canberra, ACT, Australia
0544 Australian Eastern Standard Time
Approximately 4 or 5 seconds
W-E
Bright yellow mass about 8mm in diameter with numerous bright yellow fragments tailing behind. The smaller fragments were easily distinguished as individual fragments. The structure was identified in the sky fro 1 o'clock to 2 o'clock position. There was no sound associated with its passage across the sky and no sound suggesting impact with the earth.
Brighter than the moon but not as bright as the sun (brightness was closer to that of the sun)
Yes. There were many individual fragments in the immediate wake of the main body. They were bright yellow in color.
No photo. My wife also seen the mass.
24MAY2012
Conall O'Shannessy
WORONORA, NSW, AUSTRALIA
0543 hrs (Eastern Standard Time - Sydney GMT +10)
1-2 seconds
Located in western sky. Direction of travel from South to North
White/Blue.
increasing brightness from dim star to brightness slightly brighter than sirius.
1 second or less after observing object completely broke up and had the appearance of a small firework
Object started out dim and increased in brightness until "exploding" like a firework in the direction of travel. Object appeared to seperate into approximately 8-10 pieces before fizzling out. My location was on Woronora Bridge. Specific location of object was west of bridge. Possibly over township of Menai or further west.
24MAY2012
Ken
Campbelltown, Australia
5:40:00
2
west travelled L to R
Yellow/Orange
Sun
Yes
fire ball then explosion of sparks
24MAY2012
Sonja
Jindabyne NSW
05.35am
5 seconds
Facing North... travelling from left to right / east - west
Large fireball, very bright green and orange, no sound
Very bright
not witnessed
n/a
24May2012
Karen
Borenore, NSW Australia
05.35 AEST
5-6 sec
I was facing east the fireball/s were travelling to the ground from the south to the north
I heard a boom and then the whole sky was light up then I saw a trail of fireballs descending toward the ground in bright reds, oranges and yellows
it was brighter than a full moon but not as bright as the sun
Yes, it appeared as though there were many individual parts that were in s stream
I returned outside again about 5 minutes later to hear another louder boom sound but as I was in the dark i went back inside and decided against going for my morning walk
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