[meteorite-list] Ft. Collins, CO meteor 19OCT2011

[Chris Peterson]

Note that the data I posted from Denver was almost certainly the same as 
the SD/NE event, 2011-10-19 02:25:00 MDT (03:25 CDT), AMS 1180. I didn't 
receive any witness reports for this, presumably because it was so low, 
and the hour was so late.

http://www.cloudbait.com/meteor/data.php?recnum=43810

AMS 1183 was widely seen in Colorado at 2011-10-19 22:17:13 MDT (the 
California report is mistakenly tied to this- it could not have been 
seen from there). It was captured on two cameras and its path shows it 
to be an Earth grazing Orionid.

http://www.cloudbait.com/meteor/data.php?recnum=43837
http://www.cloudbait.com/meteor/data.php?recnum=43883

Things get confusing this time of year, with so many active showers and 
high sporadic activity producing significant fireballs nearly every day. 
It is very important for those logging these events on websites to 
ALWAYS use the date and time, not just the date, when referencing events.

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

On 10/20/2011 12:00 PM, Eric Wichman wrote:
> Just a note... The Fort Collins, Colorado meteor/fireball seems to be
> unrelated to the Nebraska/South Dakota fireball.
>
> For the 10-19-11, AMS website has the events at 22:15 for the Fort
> Collins, CO event, and 03:15 for the SD/NE event.
>
> AMS Event # 1180
> AMS Event # 1183
>
> These are two separate events.
>
> Eric
>