[meteorite-list] Slow fireball over Flagstaff on 2/18/2015

From: Matson, Rob D. <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 19:00:47 +0000
Message-ID: <4A4FA25E4DFE584AA580F4F069F9B4409FC74A36_at_EMP-EXMR104.corp.leidos.com>

Hi All,

Randomly checking the NMSU site for recent fireballs, I noticed that Steve Schoner's
camera picked up a bright, slow-moving one Wednesday during evening twilight:

http://skysentinel.nmsu.edu/allsky/viewer/1355276

Notice that the fireball is actually *rising* in elevation angle as it approaches
from the north-northeast, reaches its highest elevation east of Flagstaff,
then descends into the south before it fades and fragments. Unfortunately,
there doesn't appear to be a second camera that recorded it, so optical
triangulation is out. But at that time of the evening there should have been
plenty of witnesses. A check of the AMS website, however, doesn't show
any reports of it.

--Rob
Received on Fri 20 Feb 2015 02:00:47 PM PST