[meteorite-list] Bright Fireball seen over southern Arizona tonight

[Greg Catterton]

Thanks for the update, It would be nice to have another US fall.
Pictures are also nice. I think having pictures and video of falls make it all the more special to have a sample of in collections.

Greg C.

--- On Thu, 6/25/09, Richard Kowalski <damoclid at yahoo.com> wrote:


> From: Richard Kowalski <damoclid at yahoo.com>

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bright Fireball seen over southern Arizona tonight

> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 3:42 AM

> 

> The MMT Observatory on top of Mt. Hopkins has an all sky

> camera that operates continually. At night the camera makes

> 10-second exposures.

> 

> Additionally they build all of the frames from each day and

> each night into an avi movie. I downloaded last night's file

> and grabbed the two frames in which the bolide appears. As

> you'll see, it was so bright it saturates the frame in the

> second exposure.

> 

> The image can be found here:

> 

> http://fullmoonphotography.net/images/Meteorites/Tucson_Bolide.jpg

> 

> and the MMT Sky Camera is found at:

> 

> http://skycam.mmto.arizona.edu/

> 

> There is several loops of some security camera footage that

> captured the terminal burst here:

> 

> http://tinyurl.com/nnv39d

> 

> (wait until after the commercial)

> 

> Finally, "Meteorite Man" and list member Geoff Notkin did

> an interview with local tv station KOLD 13 this morning.

> They put his interview together as one of their "60 second

> Science" pieces. It is available here:

> 

> http://tinyurl.com/luaoc5

> 

> (Again, wait until after the commercial)

> 

> Cheers

> 

> 

> --

> Richard Kowalski

> http://fullmoonphotography.net

> IMCA #1081

> 

> 

> 

> 

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