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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Bangbang on March 03, 2012, 10:01:17 pm

Title: Meteor
Post by: Bangbang on March 03, 2012, 10:01:17 pm: Just let the dog out and saw the biggest meteor Ive ever seen.
It lit the sky up then faded into nothing.
Im in aberdeenshire and just to let you know - it was heading south.
This was better than seeing a comet.
Life's wonders never cease to amaze me.
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Post by: doganjo on March 03, 2012, 10:26:18 pm: Is that the one that Russ thinks is going to bang into us? ;) ;D Haven't seen it down here yet
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Post by: Lesley Silvester on March 03, 2012, 11:31:33 pm: Wonder if it'll reach Shropshire.
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Post by: SallyintNorth on March 04, 2012, 12:50:06 am: It passed here soon afterwards - BH came in to tell me he'd seen something that wasn't a plane and wasn't a shooting star. It was much nearer, brighter and slower than a meteor, he said. But exactly as BangBang describes, he said it was very bright, crossed the sky, sinking and fading into nothing.

We're in north Cumbria, about 10 miles south of the Scottish border and about 10 miles east of Carlisle.
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Post by: Bangbang on March 04, 2012, 07:08:56 am: Thanks SallyintNorth,
I didn,t want to go to much into detail in case I was labelled a Nutter.
Your BH is right it was larger than a plane, flat bright and quiet.
It was definately slow. I had time to call Brucklay and she witnessed the last few seconds of its
demise.
Ive just checked the news and it was a meteor - oh, well there goes my UFO theory
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Post by: Ina on March 04, 2012, 10:57:43 am: Sure it wasn't a UFO? ;)

Shame, I always miss these interesting things in the sky - tend to be in bed very early...
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Post by: chairmanphil on March 04, 2012, 12:03:25 pm: sounds like a cracker! love that kinda thing, did ya no get a pic then?
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Post by: SallyintNorth on March 04, 2012, 02:00:43 pm: Quote from: chairmanphil on March 04, 2012, 12:03:25 pm
sounds like a cracker! love that kinda thing, did ya no get a pic then?
BH didn't but there are some good ones here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17248959 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17248959)
and
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/17248971 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/17248971)
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Post by: chairmanphil on March 04, 2012, 02:49:28 pm: Quote from: SallyintNorth on March 04, 2012, 02:00:43 pm
Quote from: chairmanphil on March 04, 2012, 12:03:25 pm
sounds like a cracker! love that kinda thing, did ya no get a pic then?
BH didn't but there are some good ones here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17248959 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17248959)
and
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/17248971 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/17248971)

nice one, i get the idea, saw something similar in Spain years ago very low to the skyline at dusk. it broke up into 3 and burnt out. beautiful!
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Post by: Brijjy on March 05, 2012, 09:07:59 pm: My colleague at work saw it as he was restraining a young person who was kicking doors in. I missed it cos I was in the kitchen cleaning ???
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Post by: danielwt on March 14, 2012, 01:09:53 pm: I hope to catch one the things myself one day :P No luck so far :(
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Post by: Bert on March 14, 2012, 01:47:32 pm: Fantastic , love the star gazing stuff.:thumbsup: Sorry I missed it.
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Post by: deepinthewoods on March 14, 2012, 02:36:21 pm: venus mars and jupiter in te sky a couple of nights back, that was lovely too.
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Post by: feldar on March 14, 2012, 02:41:06 pm: There's a couple of really bright stars in the sky at the moment, close to each other, anyone know what they are?
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Post by: deepinthewoods on March 14, 2012, 02:43:35 pm: venus and jupiter. turn round to see mars....