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Topic: Early Orionids? Widespread meteor reports
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spaceman1953
Member Posts: 953
From: South Bend, IN
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 10-09-2008 10:41 PM
   
Local (1) South Bend TV station on the 11 pm news said they are getting emails about major meteor activity tonight...Anybody else seeing anything? Cannot find anything on news/space news sites. Thanks!
Gene |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-09-2008 11:22 PM
WOOD TV8: Meteor, or something, spotted in sky 24 Hour News 8 received many e-mails Thursday night about something falling from the sky.Viewers from Kalamazoo to Allegan County to Cedar Springs reported seeing something that looked like a shooting star with an "orangish tail." Dave Swanson, who works in the control tower at the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek International Airport, told 24 Hour News 8 that at 9:17 p.m. he saw a "meteoroid in the NW sky traking NNE. Duration of less than 2 seconds, but brilliant when it was lit." Those at WGN-TV in Chicago told 24 Hour News 8 they, too, have received calls of something in the sky. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-09-2008 11:31 PM
Twitter reports of bright meteor sightings tonight range from Atlanta, Georgia to Chicago, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah... |
spaceman1953
Member Posts: 953
From: South Bend, IN
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 10-16-2008 07:22 PM
Thank you, kind sir!Gene |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 10-25-2008 10:04 AM
The annual October-month Orionids meteor shower, named after their radiant, which occurs in the constellation of the hunter "Orion" produced a spectacular example with an amazing afterglow.Orionids peak around October 21st. Typically the peak is 10-15 meteors an hour. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 11-09-2008 11:53 PM
Now is the period of Taurids.And here's a shot taken from space of the meteor that exploded over Sudan. Chris. |
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