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Meteorite

  • 06-01-2012 02:29AM
    #1
    Senna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭


    Did anyone else just see a really bright meteorite travelling north/east? or am i going mad?


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  • #2
    Pappacharlie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 202 ✭✭Pappacharlie


    Yes at 1.24AM, I saw a green colour meteorite flash across the sky. Very impressive sight I must say. I was travelling from Castlebar in the direction of Swinford at the time.


  • #3
    eimear10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 149 ✭✭eimear10


    Interesting, keeP us Posted with all the info!


  • #4
    jonathan13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 583 ✭✭✭jonathan13


    Yes we saw it..traveling along n3 rd.


  • #5
    Senna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    Pappacharlie wrote: »
    Yes at 1.24AM, I saw a green colour meteorite flash across the sky. Very impressive sight I must say. I was travelling from Castlebar in the direction of Swinford at the time.

    Yeah that would be around the time.
    jonathan13 wrote: »
    Yes we saw it..traveling along n3 rd.

    Great, 2 other people seen it, i'm not mad.
    Was it on the west side of the N3?


  • #6
    Harps
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,548 ✭✭✭Harps


    Something to do with this maybe?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056502343


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  • #7
    jonathan13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 583 ✭✭✭jonathan13


    @senna,

    we are travelling towards blanchardstown so it was on our right side along n3 nearby cabra area, sorry for the late reply..:D


  • #8
    Senna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    Harps wrote: »
    Something to do with this maybe?

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056502343

    That could well explain it, might just keep an eye on that forum and stay outside to watch the next time.
    jonathan13 wrote: »
    @senna,

    we are travelling towards blanchardstown so it was on our right side along n3 nearby cabra area, sorry for the late reply..:D

    So it must have travelled right up the middle of the country.

    First time i ever seen something other than a "shooting star", it was really bright, i was in the bedroom with the lights on but the curtains open. I wasn't even looking out the window, i just seen something out of the corner of my eye and just managed to look around as it whizzed by. Really impressive, surprised more people didn't post that they seen it, Irish1967 posted about it over in the astronomy forum, but no replies since this morning.


  • #9
    Badda Bing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 ✭Badda Bing


    I caught a good glimpse of it whilst standing at the front door of the house in the Glencar area of Letterkenny. It was green in colour and had broke up badly in the atmosphere as there was debris trailing behind the main section of the meteorite.


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