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Comet at North Coast

  • 11-05-2009 10:06pm
    #1
    bing2385
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭


    Im sure it wasnt my eyes playing tricks on me but at 22:38 tonight (Mon 11th May) i was heading from Coleraine to Portrush and saw what i believe to be a comet heading towards the ground at the Giants Causeway direction.

    At first i thought it was a plane going down, but it was too big to be a plane at the distance i saw it at.

    It had a green glow from it and i lost sight of it when it went down behind hills and trees.

    Did anyone else happen to see this or hear anything about it?

    I dont know if comet is the correct term to use, but it was something like this:
    CometLulin_500x500_t350.jpg


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  • #2
    Danbo!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,942 ✭✭✭Danbo!


    One of these comets or one of these comets?

    If the latter, there may be more info here at the astronomy and space forum

    If the former, pics please!! ;)


  • #3
    bing2385
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭bing2385


    Stee wrote: »
    One of these comets or one of these comets?

    If the latter, there may be more info here at the astronomy and space forum

    If the former, pics please!! ;)

    Yes it was the comet/meteor type i was referring to - though sadly no pics of it as i was driving home at the time!

    I have been flying for 6hrs today, but im pretty sure it wasnt my eyes playing tricks on my. I was on my hands free at the time, and the person on the other end wonder what the loud 'wow' was about when i saw it!


  • #4
    Cessna_Pilot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 703 ✭✭✭Cessna_Pilot


    ISS went over at around 2250 this evening. May have been that?


  • #5
    bing2385
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17 ✭bing2385


    Cessna_Pilot wrote: »
    ISS went over at around 2250 this evening. May have been that?

    Its a possibility. But it looked alot bigger and closer for the ISS. and there was like a shimmer from the tail of it. It reminded me of the one from Armageddon where it had the smokey tail from it as it came in over the water - except smaller and green.

    Lets see if anything comes up in the news.

    Someone in Dublin also posted about it in the Astronomy section of the forum, but i dont know how to remove this Thread as ive relisted it there.


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