[meteorite-list] Meteor or supernova tonight?

[Mark Crawford]

Yup, have a look at Heavens Above (http://www.heavens-above.com) and 
check back previous 48 hours for your location.

Mark


markh5 at cox.net wrote:

> That sounds an awful lot like an Iridium flare.

>

> Mark

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> ---- Bob Loeffler <bobl at peaktopeak.com> wrote: 

>   

>> Hi all,

>>

>> About 1 hour ago (somewhere between 11:20pm and 11:40pm Mountain timezone)

>> while walking in my Superior, Colorado neighborhood I saw something in the

>> western sky that was really cool.  The thing that caught my eye was a star

>> that brightened and brightened (so it was as bright as Jupiter) and then it

>> faded away.  It took between 5 and 10 seconds for the whole thing to occur

>> until I couldn't see it anymore.  At first I thought it might be a meteor

>> coming toward me from the west, but I didn't see much (if any) movement.  It

>> just brightened and faded.  I was still walking, so my perspective might've

>> been off with the motion of me moving (so background trees and houses

>> would've been "moving" also).  I guess it could still be a meteor, but it

>> seemed more like a supernova (although those take a lot longer to brighten

>> and fade).  I didn't hear anything, but I am near a somewhat busy highway.

>> It definitely was NOT an airplane.  No blinking lights and not much

>> movement.  It was between the stars Arcturus (in Bootes) and Antares (in

>> Scorpius) possibly in the Serpens constellation, like near M5 (Messier 5).

>> I think it was closer to Arcturus (maybe 10 degrees to the south of it) and

>> slightly higher in the sky, but there were several bright street lights in

>> that direction, so I couldn't get a more exact location for it.  Sorry.

>>

>> Did anyone else see it?  Maybe Chris Peterson at his Cloudbait Observatory

>> in Guffy, CO got a video of it?

>>

>> I also saw two definite meteors during my 20 minute walk.

>>

>> Regards,

>>

>> Bob Loeffler

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