Comments on: Brilliant meteor over Utah http://boingboing.net/2009/11/20/brilliant-meteor-ove.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: SethJarvis http://boingboing.net/2009/11/20/brilliant-meteor-ove.html#comment-643606 SethJarvis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-643606 Fireballs like this is rare, but they do happen and when they do, they are MEMORABLE. I'm excited to see that the fireball has stimulated so much interest in the night sky and gotten so many people to pay attention to what's overhead at night. This fireball was seen from Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, Nevada and California, and got people talking about space - intensely - in all the areas where it was visible. COOL! Keep watching the skies - and remember that your friendly neighborhood planetarium is always happy to answer your questions. Fireballs like this is rare, but they do happen and when they do, they are MEMORABLE.

I’m excited to see that the fireball has stimulated so much interest in the night sky and gotten so many people to pay attention to what’s overhead at night.

This fireball was seen from Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, Nevada and California, and got people talking about space – intensely – in all the areas where it was visible. COOL!

Keep watching the skies – and remember that your friendly neighborhood planetarium is always happy to answer your questions.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/20/brilliant-meteor-ove.html#comment-643446 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-643446 It was fantastic! I literally thought the world was glitching it looked so much like day light. Seriously, black night sky one minute, a couple of flickers then as bright as day, the strangest sensation I've ever had. The contrail was bright red, and you could actually see the fireball, it was very impressive. It was fantastic! I literally thought the world was glitching it looked so much like day light. Seriously, black night sky one minute, a couple of flickers then as bright as day, the strangest sensation I’ve ever had. The contrail was bright red, and you could actually see the fireball, it was very impressive.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/11/20/brilliant-meteor-ove.html#comment-643722 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-643722 IWood: I saw that one from Napa. 6:08PM several degrees to the east of the moon descending towards the horizon. I was driving south on highway 29 when I saw it. Very bright. IWood: I saw that one from Napa. 6:08PM several degrees to the east of the moon descending towards the horizon. I was driving south on highway 29 when I saw it. Very bright.

]]> By: jfrancis http://boingboing.net/2009/11/20/brilliant-meteor-ove.html#comment-643528 jfrancis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-643528 That's exactly how Martha Kent described it the night she found Clark. That’s exactly how Martha Kent described it the night she found Clark.

]]> By: IWood http://boingboing.net/2009/11/20/brilliant-meteor-ove.html#comment-643538 IWood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-643538 There was a Leonid straggler over State Street here in Santa Barbara just after 6PM PST last night, low in the sky towards the west and bright enough to be seen through the light pollution of town. It was much larger and brighter than anything I saw during the shower on the 17th. 'Twas no bolide, though... There was a Leonid straggler over State Street here in Santa Barbara just after 6PM PST last night, low in the sky towards the west and bright enough to be seen through the light pollution of town. It was much larger and brighter than anything I saw during the shower on the 17th. ‘Twas no bolide, though…

]]> By: IWood http://boingboing.net/2009/11/20/brilliant-meteor-ove.html#comment-645074 IWood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-645074 Ah, that's so cool. Corroborated astronomical events! Ah, that’s so cool. Corroborated astronomical events!

]]> By: VagabondAstronomer http://boingboing.net/2009/11/20/brilliant-meteor-ove.html#comment-643838 VagabondAstronomer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-643838 I've seen three fireballs in my lifetime, but so far none as spectacular as this one (we were socked in for most of the peak nights for this years Leonids). The only time I've seen anything close to this (June, 1985), turns out it wasn't a meteor at all, but a failed Russian maritime reconnaissance satellite. Still look up, still hopeful... I’ve seen three fireballs in my lifetime, but so far none as spectacular as this one (we were socked in for most of the peak nights for this years Leonids). The only time I’ve seen anything close to this (June, 1985), turns out it wasn’t a meteor at all, but a failed Russian maritime reconnaissance satellite.
Still look up, still hopeful…

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