Meteor: Sitting watching TV in the living room, I saw a beautiful fireball out the window:
I just saw a bright fireball, at least -5 magnitude, out my west-facing window at 08:36:55 EDT. Time is within 5 seconds, as I just synched my watch with my computer. It came down very steadily, slightly angled from left to right as it fell, and disappeared behind distant hills to the west. It was pure white in colour, and seemed a little bit larger than point-sized to my naked eye.
After posting this report online, I received several replies:
Subject: Re: [RASCals] Bright fireball
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:18:36 -0400
From: Rob Weryk <rjweryk@uwo.ca>
Reply-To: RASCals Discussion List <rascals@lists.rasc.ca>
To: RASCals Discussion List <rascals@lists.rasc.ca>
Hi Geoff,
This was recorded by my software which runs the Southern Ontario
Meteor Network. You can view video clips from three of the
stations here:
http://meteor.uwo.ca/~weryk/allsky/ev_20111105_003638A_04A.avi
http://meteor.uwo.ca/~weryk/allsky/ev_20111105_003638A_06A.avi
http://meteor.uwo.ca/~weryk/allsky/ev_20111105_003638A_07A.avi
The event was travelling at about 14.5 km/s, ended at a height
of 44 km, and reached a peak magnitude of at least -4.5.
Rob Weryk ----------Subject: Re: [RASC Toronto List] Re: Bright fireball
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:40:38 -0400
From: Denis J Grey <denisjgrey@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rasctoronto@yahoogroups.com
To: rasctoronto@yahoogroups.com
Hi Geoff,
We also saw it up at the CAO last night. Very bright and also on
the western horizon so it's probably in Lake Huron.
It would definitely be on the All-Sky Camera network so let's
keep our fingers crossed.
Best,
Denis.
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