Lunar Eclipse Video Replays Now Being Broadcast...DEC21, 2010...

For those who missed DEC 2010's historical total lunar eclipse, a nice time lapse video replay is available at http://www.astronomyisrael.com/2010/12/re-run-of-yesterdays-total-lunar.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AstronomyIsrael+%28Astronomy+Israel%29

Live Images of the Total Lunar Eclipse DEC20-21, 2010 To Be Broadcast...

From Astronomers Without Borders...
Tune in to see the eclipsed Moon from sites around North America.
Unless otherwise noted, the broadcasters below are part of the Night Skies Network group of Mallincam users. The group web site lists all their channels. Those listed in red are currently broadcasting live. The list below includes all the channels that will be broadcasting a live image of the Moon during the eclipse. Click on a channel below or on the NSN web site to join in. Join the chat with others around the world by providing a user name of your choice. The channels are listed below in the order they will begin broadcasting...(more)...

Only The Second Winter Solstice Total Lunar Eclipse In History !!!

From SpaceWeather.com Posted 12/19/10
RARE LUNAR ECLIPSE: The lunar eclipse of Dec. 20-21 falls on the same date as the northern winter solstice. Is this rare? It is indeed, according to Geoff Chester of the US Naval Observatory, who inspected a list of eclipses going back 2000 years. "Since Year 1, I can only find one previous instance of an eclipse matching the same calendar date as the solstice, and that is Dec. 21, 1638," says Chester. "Fortunately we won't have to wait 372 years for the next one...that will be on Dec. 21, 2094."

WHEN TO LOOK: The total eclipse lasts more than an hour from 12:41 am to 01:53 am MST on Tuesday morning, Dec. 21st. Any time within that interval is a good time to look. For other time zones, consult Shadow & Substance's animated eclipse.

Total Lunar Eclipse: 'Up All Night' With NASA DEC20-21,2010

by Staff Writers Greenbelt MD (SPX) Posted Dec 17, 2010  
The next total lunar eclipse will begin when the moon moves into Earth's penumbral shadow on December 20, 2010 at 5:29 UTC. Lunar experts from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center will be hosting two live Web chats to discuss the eclipse. On Monday, Dec. 20 from 3-4 p.m. EST, Dr. Rob suggs will answer your questions. Later on Dec. 20, make plans to to stay "up all night" with astronomer Mitzi Adams at she answers your questions from midnight to 5:00 a.m. EST. Joining the chat is easy. Simply...(more)...

Total Lunar Eclipse on 12/20-21 Could Boost Underdog Meteor Shower...DEC17,2010

By Joe Rao Space.com...When skywatchers think of meteor showers during the month of December, they immediately think of the Geminids, which over the years have evolved into the most prolific and reliable of the dozen or so annual meteor displays that take place. And yet, there is also another notable meteor shower that occurs during December that...(more)...

Large Meteor Seen From West Texas...DEC15,2010

Dec 16 2010, 9:35 AM

Guest241 (guest): WED 12-15-10 @ ~8:00 pm, Lake Jackson, TX, 29.04°N 95.44°W (Elev. 13 ft) beautiful meteor in WSW. At ~30 degrees above horizon -- broke into two distinct parts. Guessing fell between San Antonio and El Paso.
Dec 16 2010, 4:50 PM
Latexo (guest): Meteor 12/15/10 in the SSE from Crockett TX, between 8-9pm?

Dec 16 2010, 10:46 PM

BrandyK (guest): Saw a huge fireball lasted about 3 seconds in the East sky traveling southwest in Midland, TX. It was a beautiful bright blue! One of the coolest things I have ever seen! I believe it was 10pm to 11:30 we don't sit outside until after 9pm and we had been out there a while.

Meteor News...Awesome Geminids Video From North Texas 12/13-14/10...

Posted from Kevin Palivec Hawley, Texas
This video is compiled from individual captures during the overnight peak of the Geminid Meteor Shower Dec. 13th and 14th, 2010. The camera has an approximate field of view of 40 degrees and points North toward Oklahoma City, OK from Hawley (near Abilene) Texas. Mid video, Orion appears, then sinks toward the Southwest. As the Earth's position within the stream of asteroidal debris changes, so does the apparent radiant and subsequent direction of travel of the meteors. This video is quite stunning and my thanks goes to Kevin Palivec of Hawley, Texas (c) Kevin Palivec 2010-2011. Click play and enjoy the show!

to play movie in WMP go to http://www.dragonneo.net/lightning/Geminids-12-14-2010-25fps.wmv
NOTE: This is a large (20MB) file!

Meteor News...Geminids Image Updated 12/19/10 at 01:48 MST (08:48 UTC)...

The desert skies of El Paso, Texas in the Southwestern U.S. offered some of the best views of this year's Geminid Meteor Shower. Upwards of 120 meteors per hour occured at shower peak although most city dwellers didn't see that many. Best viewing was outside the skyglow of city lights. Please bookmark this site and use it's resources to stay up with the progress of the 2010 Geminid Meteor shower. Clear skies !!

This is a composite image of meteors greater than magnitude -2 captured by the El Paso Allsky Camera since the night of Dec. 6-7, 2010. These are good Geminid candidates and was a great start to the annual shower which peaked the night of Dec. 13-14. More updates to come so bookmark this site and keep watching!

Breaking Meteor News...Oklahoma City, Edmond, Ardmore, Enid Oklahoma Fireball 12/13/10...

Reports coming in to ELPALLSKY of an Oklahoma Fireball...
Dec 13 2010, 6:33 PM
wulfpig (guest) Reports: Traveling North on 1-35 in Edmond Oklahoma 12-13-10 just before 6:00pm central standard time and saw a meteor (?) in the northwest. It was traveling west to east. There was a a white tail. It was yellow/gold and very bright. It might have been visable for 5-10 seconds. It was very large and appeared to be relatively close. Did not see it break apart. A little early for the Geminids, but seems to much of a coincidence not to be.

Dec 13 2010, 6:48 PM

guestenidok (guest): Saw large / bright meteor from cafe in Enid Oklahoma, breaking up into 3 pieces approx. 5:50pm central time. Direction was north/ northwest from Enid OKlahoma.
 

Dec 13 2010, 7:00 PM

Guest966 (guest): guestenidok I saw it to on my way home from work in okc wow n/nw of Enid wow wonder how far n of us
 

Dec 13 2010, 7:52 PM

Guest924 (guest): at 5:55 pm 12/13 we were heading north on I35 near Ardmore OK and saw a large greenish falling object

GEMINIDS LIVE...From The Oak Grove Observatory, Prairieville LA...

 This live all sky camera broadcast is courtesy of the Oak Grove Observatory in Prairieville, Louisiana. Click on the image to enjoy the view!

It's time for the Geminids meteor shower, and NASA is talking meteors...

Geminids Meteor Shower: 'Chat It Up All Night' With NASA...

Baby, it's cold outside -- but you can still enjoy the best meteor shower of the year. The 2010 Geminid meteor shower promises to be lively, with realistic viewing rates of 50-80 meteors per hour and potential peaks reaching 120 meteors per hour. Anytime between Dec. 12-16 is a valid window for Geminid-watching, but the night of Dec. 13-14 is the anticipated peak.

About the Chats

You have two opportunities to learn more about the Geminids from meteor experts based at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. On Monday, Dec. 13 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. EST...(more)...

Geminid Meteors Live Count On IMO Website Is Underway !!...12/13/10...

Geminids 2010
The International Meteor Organization 
The Geminids is one of the finest, and probably the most reliable, annual meteor shower. Activity exceeds 100 meteors per hour around December 14, with meteors radiating from a point near Castor in constellation Gemini. Geminids are slow, bright and occasionally colorful. Many observers consider the shower to be more spectacular than the famous Perseids in August, but the Geminids are less widely known because of the cold and often clouded December nights in the northern hemisphere.
This year the peak is expected in the morning of December 14 (roughly near 11h UT). Many tens of meteors per hour will be visible in the nights surrounding December 14, with highest rates occuring in the hours after local midnight when the radiant reaches its highest altitude in the sky and the moon has set. More information on the observing conditions can be found in the shower calendar.
The activity graph below is updated every 15 minutes based on visual observing reports submitted to the IMO - click on the graph for "LIVE COUNT".

Meteor News-SpaceWeather.com Update...Dec. 12, 2010...GEMINID METEOR SHOWER

The Geminid meteor shower peaks this year on Dec. 13th and 14th.  Forecasters say meteor rates could exceed 100 per hour for observers under dark rural skies.  For best results, start your meteor watch on Monday night, Dec. 13th, around midnight.  Keep an eye out for Geminids until sunrise on Tuesday, Dec. 14th. There's no special trick to seeing the Geminids.  Bundle up for maximum warmth, go outside, lie down and look up. Geminids can appear in any part of the sky, but all their tails will point back to the radiant in the constellation Gemini.  Check http://spaceweather.com

 for updates, images and a sky map.

First UK Meteor Fireball Video Posted...UK Fireball Video Dec. 8, 2010...

The first video to emerge following the appearance of a bright meteor/fireball over the UK on Dec. 8, 2010 shows no apparent detonation. Witnesses closer to the meteor's path however report fragmentation toward the end of lighted flight. In the video below, posted on Youtube by "johnnythefixer", the fireball becomes visible just right of top center and lasts approx. 5 to 6 seconds. "This is the meteor that flew across the sky on 8th December. I caught it on the camera in my car. I had just driven past Ken Dodd's house, and noticed it shooting across the sky". Video was shot from Merseyside, Liverpool, England. at 17:35 UTC.

Strange doings coming to Tucson's skies...12/10/10...

 Arizona Daily Star Arizona Daily Star Posted: Friday, December 10, 2010 12:00 am

The Geminid meteor shower, so named because the "shooting stars" appear to emanate from the constellation Gemini, will be at its peak in the wee hours of Tuesday morning.
Observatories on Mount Lemmon and Kitt Peak have public programs beginning...(more)...

U.S. Military in Talks to Share Fireball Data...12/10/10

By Leonard David, SPACE.com’s Space Insider Columnist
posted: 10 December 2010 04:24 pm ET
For decades, the U.S. Department of Defense has operated classified spacecraft loaded with high-tech gear to carry out a range of reconnaissance duties. But the satellites have also spotted the high-altitude explosions of natural fireballs that routinely dive into the Earth's atmosphere, and talks are under way to offer...(more)...

Long Sporadic Meteor Captured by Santa Fe NM All Sky Camera 12/09/10...

Thomas Ashcraft of Santa Fe New Mexico reviewed last night's Sandia All Sky Camera captures and found he'd recorded a long duration bright meteor...but it wasn't a Geminid.
"The radio reflection was about one minute long" says Ashcraft. "It must have been a beautiful sight to see". A movie/composite image can be viewed at http://www.heliotown.com/FBns20101209_1106utHE_Ashcraft.mp4

Possible meteor sighting 12/09/10 between Regina and Yorkton...Canadian man sees bright, blue flash of light in the sky

Posted December 9, 2010 - 2:25pm Dino Durighello, who was driving between Regina and Yorkton on Highway #10 Thursday morning, believes the bright, blue flash of light he saw streak through the sky was a meteor.
Durighello explains that he was about 50 km outside of Regina at 10:30 a.m. when he saw the flash of llight.
“All of a sudden from the top of my windshield I see this...(more)...

Update to 12/03/10 Oklahoma Bolide...

New video of the Oklahoma bolide 12/03/10 has been provided to ELP ALLSKY by Kevin P. of Hawley TX. Kevin's camera has a roughly 40 degree field of view and is pointed north. Image center is directly toward Oklahoma City. The fireball can be seen in the lower right corner of the video. Below the video is a composite image showing heading and bearings.

 

West Texas Meteor Sighting 12/08/10...Marathon TX

9:20 AM Dec 8, 2010 Rob Dean E-mails: Traveling between Marathon, Tx and Ft. Stockton, Tx, my husband and I saw a brilliant shooting star/fireball about 8:30-9:00a.m. on Dec.8,2010.  It appeared overhead to our north  and faded to the northeast.  It was brilliant white with a long trail that appeared to be dripping blobs of material behind it.

This was a daytime event. If you saw this meteor please post here. Thank you. ELPALLSKY

British Columbia Fireball Reports Coming in to ELPALLSKY 12/08/10...

Two reports of a fireball south of Quesnel British Columbia, Canada have come in to ELPALLSKY. Reports are as follow:

[Dec 8 2010, 8:51 PM Guest459 (guest): Saw a bright blue meteor spiral to earth on an approximate 45 degree angle just south of Quesnel, British Columbia]
 Dec 8 2010, 7:45 PM M. Smith E-mails: Hi, Last night Dec.8/10 at approximately 7:30pm I saw a large bright orange/green meteor fireball I guess south of Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada.  It was SW of us and moved west & then disappeared.  Did anyone else see this?  M.Smith, Quesnel, BC.

The BC Meteor Network has been notified however, allsky cameras there were obscured by bad weather. If you observed this event please post here, then log a report at http://www.bcmeteors.net

BREAKING METEOR NEWS...UK Fireball 12/08/10... Reports Coming in to ELP ALLSKY...

Spectacular meteor 'fireball' explosion over Britain leaves stargazers buzzing ahead of Geminid space shower.

9:30PM GMT 08 Dec 2010...A dramatic meteor “fireball” exploded over Britain on Wednesday night, creating a spectacular light show the length of the country ahead of the Geminid space shower. 

FULL STORY FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH  

 

Meteor fireball spotted in skies over Britain

Stargazers throughout the UK report seeing a meteor-like streak of light in the darkened skies thought to be a rare meteor fireball... 

FULL STORY FROM THE BBC

POSTS TO ELP ALLSKY:
Dec 8 2010, 11:07 AM

And (guest): just saw a bright white/blue/purple meteor with a long orange/yellow trail over newcastle upon tyne, uk

 

Dec 8 2010, 11:58 AM

Guest919 (guest): jus seem i fireball go across melton mowbray united kingdom... it as quite low and went really fast... trail of like fire behind it!! any way of knowing what it was at all?

Dec 8 2010, 12:37 PM

Guest521 (guest): Saw fireball just before it had a tail which broke up as it sped NNE to SSW over Glasgow at 1735hrs. It was the comparative size of the Moon which was low in the west at the time

Dec 8 2010, 1:26 PM

Guest366 (guest): I saw it over Sheffield at 17:35 GMT. Very impressive.

Dec 8 2010, 2:04 PM

Guest995 (guest): Saw it 17.35 GMT Dudley England travelling SW. Could it be 1st stage of Falcon 9 rocket re-entering atmosphere?

Meteor Report...Iowa Meteor/Fireball...

posted to Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News...

Dec 7 2010, 8:44 PM Guest66 (guest): Saw a bright light in the east sky around an hour ago in western iowa, turned green before it faded, any ideas?

Dec 7 2010, 11:10 PM

Guest838 (guest): I saw a large green sparkly meteor slowly shoot over northeastern Iowa and also was curious if anyone else had seen it!

ELPALLSKY: If you saw this meteor, please leave a post in my chat box, then go to 

http://amsmeteors.org/fireball2/form.html

and log your report.

Bright Meteor East Of Yuma AZ...

Dec 7 2010, 10:32 PM Guest204 (guest) Posts:

Just saw bright orange meteor in low eastern horizon about 20 minutes agoIn Yuma AZLasted 3 to 5 seconds, large and long orange taistarted then stopped, then main portion, thought at first it was a flair from Naval gunnery range, but too large and flew in wrong directionshad me stunned watching it at first.

ELPALLSKY: If you saw this event please post in the chat box to the left. Arizona and Northwestern Mexico all sky stations please check your cameras for this event. Thank you!

Meteor News...Early Geminid Meteor Over Northwest Mexico...

Dec. 7, 2010 Hermosillo Mexico: Sandia allsky meteor camera operator Salvador Aguirre posts this early Geminid meteor captured by his camera in Hermosillo, Mexico. The orange-ish color enhances contrast to better show detail in the trail. The annual Geminid Meteor Shower is officially underway and promises should offer even casual observers a nice bright "shooting star" or two this month. Compare the star chart below with the composite image beneath. No question...a Geminid! Nice work, Doctor.