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Showing posts with label Bright Meteor Lights Up East Tucson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bright Meteor Lights Up East Tucson. Show all posts
2:24:00 AM
UPDATE!... New Image Of 11/28/10 Fireball Event Over Tucson AZ
Carl Hergenrother (The Transient Sky), professional astronomer at the University of Arizona’s Lunar and PlanetaryLab in Tucson AZ has provided ELP this still image of a brilliant fireball which occured just east of Tucson on 11/28/10. Time of this event has been corrected to 23:52 MST (06:52 UTC). The image was captured by an allsky camera located at the MMT Observatory near Tucson.
11:49:00 AM
Meteor News...Brighter than Moon...Meteor Lights Up East Tucson AZ
EPALLSKYCAM Reports...
At 11:32 p.m. MST on Nov.28th, a very bright short duration meteor was observed traveling NE to S-SW just East of Tucson Arizona. The event lasted for 2-3 seconds during which it burned with a magnitude slightly brighter than the full moon. A terminal burst with a magnitude substantially brighter a full moon was observed. The event occured at an elevation of 40 to 50 degrees. No sonics, i.e. electrophonics or sonic booms were heard. If you Saw this event, please comment below and submit a report to The AMS at http://www.amsmeteors.org/
At 11:32 p.m. MST on Nov.28th, a very bright short duration meteor was observed traveling NE to S-SW just East of Tucson Arizona. The event lasted for 2-3 seconds during which it burned with a magnitude slightly brighter than the full moon. A terminal burst with a magnitude substantially brighter a full moon was observed. The event occured at an elevation of 40 to 50 degrees. No sonics, i.e. electrophonics or sonic booms were heard. If you Saw this event, please comment below and submit a report to The AMS at http://www.amsmeteors.org/
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