http://www.montereyherald.com/ci_10734002
Fireball sighting over Monterey-Salinas, it even got a police report and an investigation of the 'crash' sight!
Also, if you're in a joking mood, the article ends on a humorous note. It currently reads: Don´t miss the Earth´s passing through "Uranus meteor shower" "in three weeks".
I guess the newspaper doesn't know Uranus from Orion's elbow. Uranus is currently visiting with Aquarius. Aquarius is such a California constellation, too. *sigh*.
The Californian press might have found "Uranus" homonymic with the Orionids, which will LAST for three weeks and peaks early next week. They can be seen radiating from an area a third of the way from Betelgeuse, the Hunter's big red giant armpit to the twin Gemini stars, Castor and Pollux. Tuesday(21) and Wednesday(22) wee hours between between 12:01 am and 1:00 am or whenever is just before Moonrise at the observer's location will be ok, though probably nothing to write home about since the best hours (the 'weeer' and 'weeest' hours) are washed out. Still it´s worth catching an occasional nice glimpse of a speedy fireball from Halley's Comet if you missed the watered down main show in '86.
Best wishes, great health, Doug ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
