Hi Listers Check out this app for recoding info on fire balls, pretty cool :) All I need is a fire ball in nyc. Fireballs In The Sky https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tw.fireballs Description If you’ve ever seen a meteor, or a bright fireball, then you’ve experienced one of nature’s true wonders. If you’ve ever wondered what they are and where they come from, this app is for you. It will turn your smartphone into a scientific instrument that can quickly and easily record all the relevant information from a fireball sighting. And if enough other users observed the same event we can combine all the observations, work out the trajectory of the fireball, and determine the orbit of the rock before it hit the top of our atmosphere. We’ll then send you back details of what it was that you saw, and where it came from in the Solar System. As well as tracking your own fireballs you can view sightings reported by other people.
The app is also your way to access the Desert Fireball Network (DFN) research project at Curtin University. The DFN is a network of cameras that image the whole sky every 30 seconds, allowing us to get trajectories for fireballs, calculate their orbits, and determine fall positions for the rocks. The app will keep you up-to-date with fireball news and events, and allow you to view some of the incredible images from the DFN cameras in our picture gallery. By mid-2015 the DFN will be tracking whatever is coming through the atmosphere over about 1/3 of Oz. If you’re in Australia, and any of the DFN cameras spot one of your fireballs, we’ll update you with that info as well. Your observations will also help us – spotting fireballs that we miss, and getting more accurate trajectories for the ones that we see. You’ll be a part of a major new research project. Developers website http://www.fireballsinthesky.com.au/ Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 ebay store http://meteoritefalls.com/ http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633nyc/m.html ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
