A few weeks ago I saw a spectacular meteor as I was leaving my friend's house to walk home. Striking features were the angle of descent, about 75 degrees, the colour, bright white, with a magnitude greater than Venus and that I didn't see it burn up as it disappeared behind a two storey house. Every other meteor I've seen are faint orange streaks, high up at a low angle.
Today after listening to the the Cyclic Catastrophes podcast, I looked for a site where people could report meteor sightings and found one. The Sydney Observatory. _http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/blog/?page_id=342
Interesting the number of reports. One matched the date, time and general position of my sighting too.
"Alicia - Last night I too saw a goregous ’shooting star’ driving down the M2 westbound. It was just before 8pm and at first I saw it shoot across the sky then it blazed brighter and brighter heading straight down. It was happening right in front of me while I was drving and the night sky was absolutely clear….so quiet a show! It was a bright white blaze that got brighter as it got closer to the earth. Honestly, if someone told me it landed in the Western Suburbs I’d believe them…it looked so close!!"
On the 3rd of April several people report two large orange objects leaving a trail and visible for several minutes. To read one post is interesting as he observes the people around him.
"There amongst those quietly making there way to work on top of the station - not moving with the others - was a father and son. They were more obvious because of their stance, it was not filled with the attitude of work but had more of a steady nature. People moved around them ignoring them like the eddies in a stream around rocks.
They could of been looking at the sunrise but that had not happened just yet. No they were transfixed looking sky wards on a higher plain."
One women recorded the objects on a camera. The link no longer hosts the file. I'm going to see if I can get her footage.
Today after listening to the the Cyclic Catastrophes podcast, I looked for a site where people could report meteor sightings and found one. The Sydney Observatory. _http://www.sydneyobservatory.com.au/blog/?page_id=342
Interesting the number of reports. One matched the date, time and general position of my sighting too.
"Alicia - Last night I too saw a goregous ’shooting star’ driving down the M2 westbound. It was just before 8pm and at first I saw it shoot across the sky then it blazed brighter and brighter heading straight down. It was happening right in front of me while I was drving and the night sky was absolutely clear….so quiet a show! It was a bright white blaze that got brighter as it got closer to the earth. Honestly, if someone told me it landed in the Western Suburbs I’d believe them…it looked so close!!"
On the 3rd of April several people report two large orange objects leaving a trail and visible for several minutes. To read one post is interesting as he observes the people around him.
"There amongst those quietly making there way to work on top of the station - not moving with the others - was a father and son. They were more obvious because of their stance, it was not filled with the attitude of work but had more of a steady nature. People moved around them ignoring them like the eddies in a stream around rocks.
They could of been looking at the sunrise but that had not happened just yet. No they were transfixed looking sky wards on a higher plain."
One women recorded the objects on a camera. The link no longer hosts the file. I'm going to see if I can get her footage.
