Meteor Scan going nuts !

look here!!

[link to www.astromanian.co.uk]

wow. i watch meteor scan a lot, and i have never seen it so intense like now.

"I was setting up my telescope when suddenly there appeared a fireball so bright it made my heart beat like crazy," says Metallinos. "Spectacular moment!"

Last night, NASA's network of all-sky meteor cameras detected 56 Geminid fireballs streaking over the southern United States.
[link to www.spaceweather.com]

Wait...what? Fireballs?
But according to NASA and scientists, meteor showers are just dust fragments the size of a grain of sand.
So how does a piece of dust produce a fireball?

you're pretty shrill/shill aren't you. lol.

ultimate shill

You can listen to the meteor echo here [link to topaz.streamguys.tv]

What is this ? From NASA's All Sky Meteor Cameras...

[link to fireballs.ndc.nasa.gov]


[link to fireballs.ndc.nasa.gov]

right now is more "normal" looking, but when OP opened this thread, it was ROCKIN!!!

dafuk?

[link to fireballs.ndc.nasa.gov]

what the foink?

aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

keep watching..
i watch this a lot and have never seen it this intense. the one OP first posted was off the charts.
it's been strange up there the past couple months..

if you think thats strange, then check my link above.

what the fuck is that in the SKY?

here's another of their websites with more stations to watch. dartmoor has been really active this month.
[link to www.merriott-astro.co.uk]

Of the 5 minutes I stood looking only up at clear skies last night, there were 7 intrusions - 4 were meteorites such we all grew up with, 3 were most definitely fireballs across the sky.

i don't know, i've never seen a sim like that before so i am clueless as to what it would look like if it were normal. but i do know things have not been normal up there lately.

Oh! Look Mommy! a MeteorTard!...

The fuck...

o.o

please, someone explain to me what is this:

[link to fireballs.ndc.nasa.gov]

this is an image of the sky, isn't it?

or here...
[link to www.spaceweatherradio.com]

Best time to view in the UK is approx 23.30 GMT.

What is that in the first pic?

Last night, NASA's network of all-sky meteor cameras detected 56 Geminid fireballs streaking over the southern United States. The multi-camera system automatically triangulates to find the orbits of any meteoroids it detects. Here is last night's orbit diagram:
[link to www.spaceweather.com]

id say there was alot more then 56


NASA says that another meteor shower, appearing for the first time this year, could add to the count of Geminids on Dec. 13th. The source of the new shower is Comet 46P/Wirtanen. Veteran sky watcher Doug Zubenel of Kansas sends this report of a possible sighting: "I believe this shower is real, because at ~ 19:30 hrs, CST on Dec. 10th, I saw a very slow-moving meteor nearly as bright as Jupiter enter the frame of my windshield as I was driving east, and it was in Taurus moving toward the Orion/Gemini border. It's path led back through the radiant in Pisces. While this obviously does not prove it was from Wirtanen, it certainly seems likely


:thwrtyyywqr5ry55:

Seriously... what is THIS:

[link to fireballs.ndc.nasa.gov]

???????

Its something on the lens.

Damn, that wasn't just a shower, it was a frog-strangler :)

theres a meteor shower tonight. If you are on the east coast you will have a perfect viewing from 10 pm on. I for one am going to the beach

You think that one is good [link to www.merriott-astro.co.uk]

Best time to listen is a couple of hours before local dawn. The spaceweatherradio link has a great explanation on how the system works.