Okay, I work at the UM Obs in College Park... just got a call from
someone from one of the local tv stations asking about a possible meteor
sighting this morning...
I'm getting the details 4th or 5th hand at this point... Roughly around
5am... On the Dulles toll road, probably facing roughly east, moving N-S
just above/in the trees... Ch 4 is also going to try track down some
police officers who also supposedly saw it to try to get some info...
However, there were a number of IR Flares this morning between 4 and 5am
that were fairly low in the sky and possibly in the same direction. And
looking through a car windshield might make them look green!
http://www.heavens-above.com/iridium.asp?Dur=2&Date=40306.6324262616&lat=38.981&lng=-76.937&loc=College+Park&alt=0&tz=EST
I have not seen anything mentioned on the local club listserves nor have
I had any other calls...
If I hear anything more, I'll let you know... If you hear anything,
please let me know... But right now, I'm leaning towards the IR Flare
explanation...
Clear Skies!
Elizabeth Warner
warne...@astro.umd.edu
301-405-6555
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