23.15 - Rural SE Wales -  I was walking with my dog when we were lit by 
the lights of an oncoming car, or so I thought.  But it wasn't.  I 
looked up to see the trail of the brightest meteorite I have ever seen 
in my 61 years.

It appeared to come from the region of Cassiopeia and disappear in Leo.

Amazing!
-- 
Zak

Zak Ventis wrote:
> 23.15 - Rural SE Wales -  I was walking with my dog when we were lit by 
> the lights of an oncoming car, or so I thought.  But it wasn't.  I 
> looked up to see the trail of the brightest meteorite I have ever seen 
> in my 61 years.
> 
> It appeared to come from the region of Cassiopeia and disappear in Leo.
> 
> Amazing!

Bugger, I went out for a quick go with my new ETX-90 and came in just 
before then. Wonder if I'd have seen it up here in the North East...

-- 
Abo

In article ,
Zak Ventis   wrote:
>23.15 - Rural SE Wales -  I was walking with my dog when we were lit by 
>the lights of an oncoming car, or so I thought.  But it wasn't.  I 
>looked up to see the trail of the brightest meteorite I have ever seen 
>in my 61 years.
>
>It appeared to come from the region of Cassiopeia and disappear in Leo.

Are you sure it wasn't this Iridum flare at 23:17:

http://www.heavens-above.com/flaredetails.asp?SatID=25287&lat=51.78483&lng=-2.64221&alt=0&loc=wales&TZ=GMT&Date=39574.9288648844&Mirror=0

-- Richard
-- 
:wq

In message , Zak Ventis 
 writes
>23.15 - Rural SE Wales -  I was walking with my dog when we were lit by 
>the lights of an oncoming car, or so I thought.  But it wasn't.  I 
>looked up to see the trail of the brightest meteorite I have ever seen 
>in my 61 years.
>
>It appeared to come from the region of Cassiopeia and disappear in Leo.
>
>Amazing!

There are also similar reports on the SPA web site forum.

<http://www.popastro.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9493>

-- 
David Entwistle

Richard Tobin  wrote:

> In article ,
> Zak Ventis   wrote:
> >23.15 - Rural SE Wales -  I was walking with my dog when we were lit by
> >the lights of an oncoming car, or so I thought.  But it wasn't.  I 
> >looked up to see the trail of the brightest meteorite I have ever seen
> >in my 61 years.
> >
> >It appeared to come from the region of Cassiopeia and disappear in Leo.
> 
> Are you sure it wasn't this Iridum flare at 23:17:
> 
> http://www.heavens-above.com/flaredetails.asp?SatID=25287&lat=51.78483&lng=-2.
> 64221&alt=0&loc=wales&TZ=GMT&Date=39574.9288648844&Mirror=0

Direction's wrong - Iridium 64 goes from Leo-ish to Perseus. 
The meteor's direction looks about right for an Aquarid.

Weren't we supposed to get a reasonable display of Aquarids this year?

-- 
Pd

Hi,

Yes, I saw this. It travelled North East to South-South West from my 
location near Llangollen, at approx. 23.15 BST. It was very bright and 
had a brief afterglow. Estimated mag. About -3 to -4.
JPD

In message , David Entwistle 
 writes
>In message , Zak Ventis 
> writes
>>23.15 - Rural SE Wales -  I was walking with my dog when we were lit 
>>by the lights of an oncoming car, or so I thought.  But it wasn't.  I 
>>looked up to see the trail of the brightest meteorite I have ever seen 
>>in my 61 years.
>>
>>It appeared to come from the region of Cassiopeia and disappear in Leo.
>>
>>Amazing!
>
>There are also similar reports on the SPA web site forum.
>
><http://www.popastro.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9493>
>

-- 
john p davies