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.