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meteor sighting

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  • 10-10-2020 12:17am
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    fergus1001
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    I just witnessed a meteor explode over ireland (probably)

    i seen it out of my window looking to the south west has anyone else witness this ?

    it was very bright as I looked up from my phone (in a dark room) when it happened


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    iLikeWaffles
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    fergus1001 wrote: »
    I just witnessed a meteor explode over ireland (probably)

    i seen it out of my window looking to the south west has anyone else witness this ?

    it was very bright as I looked up from my phone (in a dark room) when it happened

    I did not but magazine@astronomy.ie (Astronomy Ireland) with the details. Draconids meteor showing is this week peaked on Wednesday. There was a similar sighting over mexico a few days ago. https://earthsky.org/todays-image/video-photos-bright-fireball-northeastern-mexico

    Generally whatever height it was would place it around a 500km radius within that sighting. If it was low on the horizon it could be landing out at sea. If it starts out high and disappears it has potential to be over land which can be tracked and retrieved.


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    fergus1001
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    iLikeWaffles wrote:
    Generally whatever height it was would place it around a 500km radius within that sighting. If it was low on the horizon it could be landing out at sea. If it starts out high and disappears it has potential to be over land which can be tracked and retrieved.

    this was very low on the horizon and very bright that's why it caught my attention


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    patsy_mccabe
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    Last night (12 oct 2020) at 11:56pm , I saw a meteorite or something similar in the sky, in the north west direction. It was like a fireball tru the sky.
    Trajectory was East to West approx. An incredible sight.

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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