craigfoot Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Just been out with nice clear skies and generally panning the sky with my binoculars. . whilst giving my arms a rest I saw a really bright and large ball of light move really quickly towards delphinus Anyone else see this? I've seen some similar sights earlier in the year during the lyrids meteor shower. . . would this that I saw tonight be another meteor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizibilder Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Sounds like one - they do tend to be pretty quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigfoot Posted September 26, 2014 Author Share Posted September 26, 2014 It was quite big, shot across the sky quickly and sorta disappeared as quick as it appeared, pretty impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave In Vermont Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 I agree that sounds like a fireball - also called a bolide. There was just a string of those along the East-Coast of the US, and several in the Midwest here.So lucky you! I love those!Clear Skies & Rocks,Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAN or ASTROMAN Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Quite by accident,I saw a meteor through my binoculars last night! I was scanning the area around Triangulum and Aries at the time. I guess it was a sporadic bit of spacedust - and hardly in the Bolide class! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave In Vermont Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 I had the "Mother of All" accidental observations one night with my 12" LX200. I was hunting some DSO or other when I was nearly knocked out of my boots. The ISS (Zarya) went across my low-power FOV!YOW!Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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