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Meteors over Dublin today?

  • 03-06-2011 5:52pm
    #1
    Gone Fishin
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    Hi there,
    I was in Howth this morning around 9.00am and I saw, well I don't know what I saw but I thought it might have been three jets streaking across the sky over Dublin Bay. I'm not sure if any of you saw it but I managed to get a photo. I would be interested in your opinions on it.


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  • #2
    Hootanany
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    They look great


  • #3
    dlofnep
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    Looks like it. Great shot!


  • #4
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,700 ✭✭✭tricky D


    They look like short contrails. I can see one right now from almost the same location. What direction did they head?


  • #5
    iPlop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,822 ✭✭✭iPlop


    Gone Fishin wrote: »
    Hi there,
    I was in Howth this morning around 9.00am and I saw, well I don't know what I saw but I thought it might have been three jets streaking across the sky over Dublin Bay. I'm not sure if any of you saw it but I managed to get a photo. I would be interested in your opinions on it.


    That's three aircraft contrails I'm afraid ,theres something like the "M50" in the sky ,an aircraft corridor if you will, that takes most international flights from the USA over Irish airspace, you should see what it looks like at 5am.


  • #6
    Gone Fishin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 160 ✭✭Gone Fishin


    They were heading East, that photo was taken with me looking out over Howth Harbour and into Dublin bay. A bit off course for America??


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  • #7
    iPlop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,822 ✭✭✭iPlop


    Gone Fishin wrote: »
    They were heading East, that photo was taken with me looking out over Howth Harbour and into Dublin bay. A bit off course for America??

    Yes heading east, sorry I forgot to mention the flights head east.


  • #8
    ladysarastro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭ladysarastro


    Theres a fourth streak on your right about a third way down just behind the mast...


  • #9
    RugGol
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭RugGol


    I saw them too on Thursday last.

    I was convinced they were meteorites (or something like that)

    I was confused as they appeared to be heading towards the sea (approx 45degree angle). Also strange that there were 3 together.

    Never saw anything like that before...


  • #10
    RugGol
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭RugGol


    btw The 3 'streaks' in the sky that I saw was over the sea near lambay island. It was Thursday evening at about 17.45


  • #11
    Cú Giobach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭Cú Giobach


    Pictures taken from Casper-Live Aircraft Tracking

    9:01am 3/6/2011

    162186.JPG

    9:03am 3/6/2011

    162177.JPG

    Hope this helps clear things up. :)

    .


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  • #12
    Flukey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,001 ✭✭✭✭Flukey


    I saw a lovely meteor in the clear moonlit sky last night, around midnight in Dublin.


  • #13
    Captain Chaos
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    Flukey wrote: »
    I saw a lovely meteor in the clear moonlit sky last night, around midnight in Dublin.

    If it was one, they are very hard to see in a moonlit sky as it's so bright and they only last 2 seconds max.

    I couldn't see a single star last night where I was last night with constant overcast.


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