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BAA electronic bulletin No. 00459 http://www.britastro.org/
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DAYLIGHT FIREBALL ON 19 DECEMBER 2009
Reports are coming in of a daylight fireball, visible between about 12.40
and 12.45 pm on Saturday, 19th December 2009. Sightings have so far been
received from observers in South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk, but it
is likely that the event would have been visible across most of the East
Midlands and Eastern England.
Such sightings are rare since few fireballs are bright enough to be visible
in broad daylight, although the Sun is rather low in the sky at local noon
at this time of the year. Many areas of the country enjoyed clear blue
cloudless skies early on the Saturday afternoon in question.
Any BAA members who saw this event, or who may have been contacted by non
astronomers who witnessed it, are asked to collect as much information about
the sighting as possible and send it to the BAA Meteor Section's Fireball
Co-ordinator Len Entwisle at <len.entwisle@btopenworld.com>
Useful information will include the precise time of the event, the altitude
and azimuth of the start and end points of the visible track, the position
of the observed track relative to the Sun in the sky (if seen towards the
south), and a description of the fireball's appearance together with any
unusual features.
Dr John W. Mason
Acting Director
BAA Meteor Section
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BAA electronic bulletins service. E-mail: circadmin@britastro.org
Bulletin transmitted on Mon Dec 21 19:13:13 GMT 2009
(c) 2009 British Astronomical Association http://www.britastro.org/
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BAA electronic bulletin No. 00459 http://www.britastro.org/
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DAYLIGHT FIREBALL ON 19 DECEMBER 2009
Reports are coming in of a daylight fireball, visible between about 12.40
and 12.45 pm on Saturday, 19th December 2009. Sightings have so far been
received from observers in South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk, but it
is likely that the event would have been visible across most of the East
Midlands and Eastern England.
Such sightings are rare since few fireballs are bright enough to be visible
in broad daylight, although the Sun is rather low in the sky at local noon
at this time of the year. Many areas of the country enjoyed clear blue
cloudless skies early on the Saturday afternoon in question.
Any BAA members who saw this event, or who may have been contacted by non
astronomers who witnessed it, are asked to collect as much information about
the sighting as possible and send it to the BAA Meteor Section's Fireball
Co-ordinator Len Entwisle at <len.entwisle@btopenworld.com>
Useful information will include the precise time of the event, the altitude
and azimuth of the start and end points of the visible track, the position
of the observed track relative to the Sun in the sky (if seen towards the
south), and a description of the fireball's appearance together with any
unusual features.
Dr John W. Mason
Acting Director
BAA Meteor Section
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BAA electronic bulletins service. E-mail: circadmin@britastro.org
Bulletin transmitted on Mon Dec 21 19:13:13 GMT 2009
(c) 2009 British Astronomical Association http://www.britastro.org/
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Good Clear Skies
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Astrocomet
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Colin James Watling
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Real Astronomer and head of the Comet section for LYRA (Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers) also head of K.A.G (Kessingland Astronomy Group) and Navigator (Astrogator) of the Stars (Fieldwork)
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Web: http://lyra.freewebsites.com/
Good Clear Skies
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Astrocomet
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Colin James Watling
--
Real Astronomer and head of the Comet section for LYRA (Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers) also head of K.A.G (Kessingland Astronomy Group) and Navigator (Astrogator) of the Stars (Fieldwork)
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Web: http://lyra.freewebsites.com/
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