This does look like a fireball. Its intensity profile and lack of
terminal explosion makes me think it was fairly high altitude. Since it
disappears over the horizon, I'd estimate that it stopped burning
several hundred miles away, probably near Lake Ontario. I doubt it
produced meteorites. Maybe one of the allsky cameras in the Toronto area
caught this as well.
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Gilmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 7:31 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] NEW FALL?! Need help from the list.
Hi All,
A friend of mine managed to catch what appears to be
fireball with an impact on his webcam. He is an
amateur astronomer with a webcam setup and caught the
fireball on a time lapse sequence.
Can anyone with some experience watch this video and
render an informed opinion? And if this is a meteor
streaking in and hitting the Earth, where should he
report this to?
http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/Strgazr27/1/video.html?month=02&year=2008&filename=current.flv
Pay attention to the first 10 seconds or so of the
video.
Click on the play icon and watch from the left side
of the screen.
My friend's description of the video :
"This was taken looking NW out of my second story
bedroom window. This would be looking towards the
Westchester NY area just N or New York City. "
Any input or thoughts on what to do with this?
MikeG
PS - I'd love to go hunt it down, but I am not free
to travel! (assuming it's a meteorite)
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