[meteorite-list] SoCal Fireball - 19:50 PST 06 November 2013

From: Jim Wooddell <jim.wooddell_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 07:31:30 -0700
Message-ID: <527BA442.3080308_at_suddenlink.net>

Yes Rob!

Nice captures! About 5.5 seconds in durations!

Jim


On 11/6/2013 11:34 PM, Rob Matson wrote:
> Resending... message didn't post when I sent it ~2 hours ago:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Observed a very bright (mag -12) fireball on my drive home this
> evening at 7:50 pm PST (3:50 UT 07 November 2013). Starting
> direction was to my east from latitude 33.6879 N, -117.9144 W,
> at an elevation of about 25 degrees, and terminus was perhaps
> 10-15 degrees south of east (azimuth 100-105) at about 10-degree
> elevation. Duration was around 3 seconds, and there were multiple
> flashes and fragmentation.
>
> Posted my obs to the AMS website a few minutes ago and see that
> there are dozens of others who have already done so. My time
> should be very accurate as I checked my watch within a few
> seconds of the end of the fireball. Call it 7:50:00 pm +/- 30
> seconds. This should be easy to find on all-sky cameras, and
> if anything survived to the ground it is definitely over land.
> I'd guess somewhere east of I-15 and south of I-10.
>
> --Rob
>
>


-- 
Jim Wooddell
jim.wooddell at suddenlink.net
http://pages.suddenlink.net/chondrule/
Received on Thu 07 Nov 2013 09:31:30 AM PST


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