I saw a big, bright, slow-moving fireball at about 5:35 AM this morning, low in the north-northwest, didn't flame-out until (apparently) very close to the ground. Moving west-to-east from my point of view, looks like any possible strewnfield would be close to I-15 anwhere between Bountiful and the Idaho border. Really bright, and at least a quarter of a degree wide at maximum, vivid green. Lots of smaller chunks falling away as it broke-up. I haven't seen a big one in a while so this one was welcome.
Satelite reentry? On Nov 9, 2017 6:11 AM, "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
I saw a big, bright, slow-moving fireball at about 5:35 AM this morning, low in the north-northwest, didn't flame-out until (apparently) very close to the ground. Moving west-to-east from my point of view, looks like any possible strewnfield would be close to I-15 anwhere between Bountiful and the Idaho border.
Really bright, and at least a quarter of a degree wide at maximum, vivid green. Lots of smaller chunks falling away as it broke-up.
I haven't seen a big one in a while so this one was welcome. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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Could have been, it was moving pretty slowly. On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> wrote:
Satelite reentry?
On Nov 9, 2017 6:11 AM, "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
I saw a big, bright, slow-moving fireball at about 5:35 AM this morning, low in the north-northwest, didn't flame-out until (apparently) very close to the ground. Moving west-to-east from my point of view, looks like any possible strewnfield would be close to I-15 anwhere between Bountiful and the Idaho border.
Really bright, and at least a quarter of a degree wide at maximum, vivid green. Lots of smaller chunks falling away as it broke-up.
I haven't seen a big one in a while so this one was welcome.
KUTV posted a video of the fire ball on facebook. They may have posted it on their website. It's definitely your's Chuck. The comments read say they were all heading north this morning about 5:35 a.m. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 8:45:54 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Terrific fireball this morning Could have been, it was moving pretty slowly. On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> wrote:
Satelite reentry?
On Nov 9, 2017 6:11 AM, "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
I saw a big, bright, slow-moving fireball at about 5:35 AM this morning, low in the north-northwest, didn't flame-out until (apparently) very close to the ground. Moving west-to-east from my point of view, looks like any possible strewnfield would be close to I-15 anwhere between Bountiful and the Idaho border.
Really bright, and at least a quarter of a degree wide at maximum, vivid green. Lots of smaller chunks falling away as it broke-up.
I haven't seen a big one in a while so this one was welcome.
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That's it, thanks for the heads-up, Joan! On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Joan Carman <jcarman6@q.com> wrote:
KUTV posted a video of the fire ball on facebook. They may have posted it on their website. It's definitely your's Chuck. The comments read say they were all heading north this morning about 5:35 a.m. :)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 8:45:54 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Terrific fireball this morning
Could have been, it was moving pretty slowly.
On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org
wrote:
Satelite reentry?
On Nov 9, 2017 6:11 AM, "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
I saw a big, bright, slow-moving fireball at about 5:35 AM this morning, low in the north-northwest, didn't flame-out until (apparently) very close to the ground. Moving west-to-east from my point of view, looks like any possible strewnfield would be close to I-15 anwhere between Bountiful and the Idaho border.
Really bright, and at least a quarter of a degree wide at maximum, vivid green. Lots of smaller chunks falling away as it broke-up.
I haven't seen a big one in a while so this one was welcome.
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I just spoke with Lisa Nico of KUTV, apparently she has spoken with Patrick already and is on her way to talk to Seth. Somebody either gave her my email or she's a list member. I guess quite a few people along the Wasatch front saw it early this morning. That security video catching it was a stroke of luck. Reminds of when Steve Fisher's home system caught the flash from that super-bright one a few years ago. Wrong direction for it to be an early Leonid. I'd say 50/50 chance it was a piece of space junk, at this point. If someone has the time for online sleuthing, it could probably be determined if it was in fact a known artifact re-entering. On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 11:04 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
That's it, thanks for the heads-up, Joan!
On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Joan Carman <jcarman6@q.com> wrote:
KUTV posted a video of the fire ball on facebook. They may have posted it on their website. It's definitely your's Chuck. The comments read say they were all heading north this morning about 5:35 a.m. :)
From the video KUTV just showed me I'd say it's a classic standard-issue fireball. When you compare its behavior and duration to other fireball videos captured by home security systems it's pretty much identical. The reporter couldn't tell me the direction the camera was pointing during the security cam video, but she said she thought it was pointing east. Has anyone turned up a more accurate azimuth for this?
-----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2017 8:46 AM To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Terrific fireball this morning Could have been, it was moving pretty slowly. On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org> wrote:
Satelite reentry?
On Nov 9, 2017 6:11 AM, "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
I saw a big, bright, slow-moving fireball at about 5:35 AM this morning, low in the north-northwest, didn't flame-out until (apparently) very close to the ground. Moving west-to-east from my point of view, looks like any possible strewnfield would be close to I-15 anwhere between Bountiful and the Idaho border.
Really bright, and at least a quarter of a degree wide at maximum, vivid green. Lots of smaller chunks falling away as it broke-up.
I haven't seen a big one in a while so this one was welcome.
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I think you're correct that it was a fireball, Seth. The angle was too steep for it to be re-entering man-made debris. I was looking north and it was around 20 degrees in total length, and descending at about a 15 to 20 degree angle. Moving rather slowly as such things go. From close to Redwood road, it was west-north-west in direction. We'd need another observation from a different vantage point to get an accurate azimuth. I could not tell if I was orthogonal to the direction of travel but it could have suffered some foreshortening. On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 1:55 PM, Seth Jarvis <SJarvis@slco.org> wrote:
From the video KUTV just showed me I'd say it's a classic standard-issue fireball. When you compare its behavior and duration to other fireball videos captured by home security systems it's pretty much identical. The reporter couldn't tell me the direction the camera was pointing during the security cam video, but she said she thought it was pointing east. Has anyone turned up a more accurate azimuth for this?
-----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2017 8:46 AM To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Terrific fireball this morning
Could have been, it was moving pretty slowly.
On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org
wrote:
Satelite reentry?
On Nov 9, 2017 6:11 AM, "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
I saw a big, bright, slow-moving fireball at about 5:35 AM this morning, low in the north-northwest, didn't flame-out until (apparently) very close to the ground. Moving west-to-east from my point of view, looks like any possible strewnfield would be close to I-15 anwhere between Bountiful and the Idaho border.
Really bright, and at least a quarter of a degree wide at maximum, vivid green. Lots of smaller chunks falling away as it broke-up.
I haven't seen a big one in a while so this one was welcome.
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Thanks Chuck. On Nov 9, 2017, at 2:37 PM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com<mailto:chuck.hards@gmail.com>> wrote: I think you're correct that it was a fireball, Seth. The angle was too steep for it to be re-entering man-made debris. I was looking north and it was around 20 degrees in total length, and descending at about a 15 to 20 degree angle. Moving rather slowly as such things go. From close to Redwood road, it was west-north-west in direction. We'd need another observation from a different vantage point to get an accurate azimuth. I could not tell if I was orthogonal to the direction of travel but it could have suffered some foreshortening. On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 1:55 PM, Seth Jarvis <SJarvis@slco.org<mailto:SJarvis@slco.org>> wrote: From the video KUTV just showed me I'd say it's a classic standard-issue fireball. When you compare its behavior and duration to other fireball videos captured by home security systems it's pretty much identical. The reporter couldn't tell me the direction the camera was pointing during the security cam video, but she said she thought it was pointing east. Has anyone turned up a more accurate azimuth for this? -----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2017 8:46 AM To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com<mailto:utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com>> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Terrific fireball this morning Could have been, it was moving pretty slowly. On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Siegfried Jachmann <siegfried@jachmann.org<mailto:siegfried@jachmann.org> wrote: Satelite reentry? On Nov 9, 2017 6:11 AM, "Chuck Hards" <chuck.hards@gmail.com<mailto:chuck.hards@gmail.com>> wrote: I saw a big, bright, slow-moving fireball at about 5:35 AM this morning, low in the north-northwest, didn't flame-out until (apparently) very close to the ground. Moving west-to-east from my point of view, looks like any possible strewnfield would be close to I-15 anwhere between Bountiful and the Idaho border. Really bright, and at least a quarter of a degree wide at maximum, vivid green. Lots of smaller chunks falling away as it broke-up. I haven't seen a big one in a while so this one was welcome. _______________________________________________ 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<mailto: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". _______________________________________________ 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<mailto: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". _______________________________________________ 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<mailto: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".
What an interesting sight! Thanks, Chuck Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 9, 2017, at 6:10 AM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
I saw a big, bright, slow-moving fireball at about 5:35 AM this morning, low in the north-northwest, didn't flame-out until (apparently) very close to the ground. Moving west-to-east from my point of view, looks like any possible strewnfield would be close to I-15 anwhere between Bountiful and the Idaho border.
Really bright, and at least a quarter of a degree wide at maximum, vivid green. Lots of smaller chunks falling away as it broke-up.
I haven't seen a big one in a while so this one was welcome. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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