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Bright meteorite over Dublin just now!

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  • 18-06-2013 12:45am
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    Firewalkwithme
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    Just took the dog out for a crap and saw a very bright meteorite streaming across the sky heading roughly north.

    It must have been reasonably substantial because it lasted a while and only disappeared from my view after going behind trees.

    Anyone else spot it? I was viewing it from south Dublin btw. Best one I have ever been lucky enough to see :-)


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    Chardee MacDennis
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    Cartoon_Head wrote: »
    Just took the dog out for a crap and saw a very bright meteorite streaming across the sky heading roughly north.

    It must have been reasonably substantial because it lasted a while and only disappeared from my view after going behind trees.

    Anyone else spot it? I was viewing it from south Dublin btw. Best one I have ever been lucky enough to see :-)

    just posted about it myself, was the longest i've every seen. seem to have a flash in the middle too. looking from south quays towards the northside myself.


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    rubbledoubledo
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    I saw it also.
    On my way to limerick from Cork.
    Visible for quiet a while


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    Kersh
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    Nice one.

    Must have been fairly bright.

    Did it break up at all?


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    Chardee MacDennis
    Registered Users Posts: 9,225 ✭✭✭Chardee MacDennis


    Kersh wrote: »
    Nice one.

    Must have been fairly bright.

    Did it break up at all?

    from what i saw about half way down there was a ball of light but it continued straight after, no break up as such. like this but vertical:
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    rubbledoubledo
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    Yes from what saw, it never broke up.
    I very disappointed, the part of the road i was driving at the time,i was in a glen, big banks and trees on the sides. Could not have been in a worst part.

    It went down behind the trees in all its glory.
    A third of the sky was out of my view :(
    I think i lost another 2 or 3 seconds viewing.


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    Kersh
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    You guys are really lucky :)


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    MeteoritesEire
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    just being pedantic--it's only a meteorite when something is recovered on the ground

    Did anybody hear anything--sonic booms? If not it was likely hundreds of miles away and probably ended up in the sea if it was going north

    no mention on http://lists.meteorobs.org/pipermail/meteorobs/2013-June/thread.html so unlikely it was picked up on all sky cameras or radar


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    nmop_apisdn
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    MeteoritesEire wrote: »
    just being pedantic--it's only a meteorite when something is recovered on the ground
    Whats it called flying by?


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    MeteoritesEire
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    meteor generally
    some define a meteor with brightness of greater than -14 as a bolide though this isn't tightly defined or used by everyone.

    Fireball is also sometimes used for bright meteors


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