I stepped out behind my shop at 5:30 this morning, looked up at the Summer Triangle, and saw a nice, bright "point" meteor flash, estimated at first magnitude, it was at least as bright as Vega. Point meteors are those that are traveling directly toward the observer, so instead of a streak, you only see a flash. Pretty cool.
Very cool - I've never experienced that, they are probably rather rare I imagine (especially the ones the don't kill you ;) )/R From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, April 3, 2017 7:17 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Point meteor this morning I stepped out behind my shop at 5:30 this morning, looked up at the Summer Triangle, and saw a nice, bright "point" meteor flash, estimated at first magnitude, it was at least as bright as Vega. Point meteors are those that are traveling directly toward the observer, so instead of a streak, you only see a flash. Pretty cool. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
I've seen perhaps two dozen over the last 50 years, so not too common. You can see them during meteor showers as well, if you are looking at the radiant. On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 9:29 AM, Richard Tenney via Utah-Astronomy < utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Very cool - I've never experienced that, they are probably rather rare I imagine (especially the ones the don't kill you ;) )/R
From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, April 3, 2017 7:17 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Point meteor this morning
I stepped out behind my shop at 5:30 this morning, looked up at the Summer Triangle, and saw a nice, bright "point" meteor flash, estimated at first magnitude, it was at least as bright as Vega.
Point meteors are those that are traveling directly toward the observer, so instead of a streak, you only see a flash.
Pretty cool.
If you see one, get out of the way!! Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 3, 2017, at 9:29 AM, Richard Tenney via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Very cool - I've never experienced that, they are probably rather rare I imagine (especially the ones the don't kill you ;) )/R
From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, April 3, 2017 7:17 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Point meteor this morning
I stepped out behind my shop at 5:30 this morning, looked up at the Summer Triangle, and saw a nice, bright "point" meteor flash, estimated at first magnitude, it was at least as bright as Vega.
Point meteors are those that are traveling directly toward the observer, so instead of a streak, you only see a flash.
Pretty cool. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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I was wearing safety glasses, no worries. ;-) On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 12:14 PM, Joe Bauman via Utah-Astronomy < utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
If you see one, get out of the way!!
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 3, 2017, at 9:29 AM, Richard Tenney via Utah-Astronomy < utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Very cool - I've never experienced that, they are probably rather rare I imagine (especially the ones the don't kill you ;) )/R
From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, April 3, 2017 7:17 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Point meteor this morning
I stepped out behind my shop at 5:30 this morning, looked up at the Summer Triangle, and saw a nice, bright "point" meteor flash, estimated at first magnitude, it was at least as bright as Vega.
Point meteors are those that are traveling directly toward the observer, so instead of a streak, you only see a flash.
Pretty cool.
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