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Meteor (Meteor)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Time: Sun Nov 19 04:30:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1583
Since I was completely clouded out during the peak of the Leonid Meteor Shower, I went online to a radio meteor sight in Roswell New Mexico to listen to the radio meteors at the peak time. Since the peak of the Leonids was going to be in the Northeast where I live, I knew I wouldn't hear a flood a radio pings from the sight. However, I did hear quite a nuber of pings, some of which were quite loud. I believe I also heard some earth grazers whos pings were very loud and lasted for several seconds.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -1, est. to be in Gemini)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Thu Oct 26 04:10:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1573
Before I went to bed, I sat out on my deck to just enjoy the night sky. While I was sitting there, I saw a bright Orinid Meteor fall from the sky to my east. It was bright yellow and rather slow moving for an Orinid Meteor and it was about -1 magnitude. After seeing it, I went to bed with a smile on my face.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -10, est. to be in Orion)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sat Oct 21 04:15:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1571
Just after midnight on Oct. 21st., My friend Joe Cseh and I went to the beach to observe the Orinid Meteor shower from 12:15 AM to 2:15 AM EDT. During the two hours that we observed, I saw 22 meteors varying in colors ranging from orange, yellow, white and blue. One of the meteors, was a white bolide whos magnitude we estimated was a -10. The bolide left a meteor train that lasted for five minutes. During the time, the smoke trail changed from being straight to being comma shaped. We also saw other meteors which left brief smoke trails. This turned out to be a great meteor shower.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -2, est. to be in Aquila)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Aug 14 01:00:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1557
This evening, my friends Mike Dzubaty, his son Mike, Steve Borer and I observed the Persied meteor shower. Most of the meteors we saw were faint and fast moving. However, there was one bright yellow meteor that traveled about 20 to 30 degrees across the sky. we estimated the meteor was about -2 magnitude. At 9:56 PM EDT, we observed a bright iridium satellite whos magnitude was -6. We also saw other dimmer satellites. All in all, it was a great meteor and satellite viewing night.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag 0.0, est. to be in Sagittarius)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Sat Jul 29 02:30:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1552
This evening, My friends Mike Dzubaty, Steve Borer and I decided to observe the Delta Aquinid meteor shower. I was only able to count two meteors during the 1.5 hours we were watching them. One of the meteors was bright yellow and another one was pale blue. Both were slow moving and both did not travel far across the sky. In fact, they moved only about one degree across the sky. We were also able to observe the milky way with both its Scutum and Sagittarius star clouds showing prominently. The great rift of the milky way also showed very well. We also checked on the brightness of Delta Scorpii to see if it is still flaring. Its magnitude is about 2.2 which means it's still brighter than normal.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -12)
Observer: Amar Sharma (e-mail: amar_universe@yahoo.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sat Jan 28 23:00:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1486
A total of 5 of us had gone for general sky-observation around 70 km. away from Bangalore city. The sky was very dark and weather was very chilly, luckily no winds blowing. Throughout the night we could see meteors passing throughout the sky. They came in all varities, short and fast, long and slow and others. We didn't know which shower were we looking at. In the early morning at around 4 or 5 a.m. we saw one exceptional meteor which I had never seen and am sure not everyone gets a chance to see such fireballs. Suddenly one very bright meteor which we saw, suddenly exploded in the atmosphere. It created no sound at all. This explosion let out yellowish light for maybe just 1 second. And that 1 second worth of flash was sufficient to create enough light as there is at maybe 6.00 in the evening !! There was daylight for just a brief second !! The trail left by it did not remain for a long time as I had expected it to be. It vanished quite fast in less than 1 minute.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -2, est. to be in Gemini, Est. RaDec high up)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com, web: http://home.mindspring.com/~jcaggiano/)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Dec 14 03:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1436
Spotted 2 meteors while searching Monoceros for the Rosette Nebula. No luck on the nebula (lots of light pollution from the moon) but I did spot the meteors. The first one was probably magnitude -2 and yellow in color. It was visible for almost 30 degrees as it streaked straight South. Time was about 8:00. The second was not as bright. Probably magnitude 0 and blue-white in color, it was visible for about 15 degrees as it streaked from Gemini to the Southwest (in the vicinity of the moon). Time was about 10:30.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag 0.0, est. to be in Gemini)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: poor Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Dec 11 02:05:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1430
This evening, I sat out on my deck to try to see some Geminid Meteors. There was one meteor that was slow moving and rather bright.It had a slightly blue tinge to it. Right after I saw the meteor, my friends, the clouds rolled in and that was the end of my meteor viewing. The shower should peak late Tuesday evening before midnight.
Meteor (Meteor, est. to be in Cepheus, Est. RaDec 90)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Glenside, Pa, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Thu Nov 3 02:37:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1391
While looking for starfields and nebulae in the Cassiopia Region a small white meteor shot past. It appeared to be coming from the nearby Cepheus Region. Time was approx. 9:37 PM. It was not too bright and was very short (less than 5 degrees) heading due North. Approx magnitude may have been 0.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag 3.0, est. to be in Orion)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Oct 20 05:10:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1375
Early this morning, I decided to try to observe the Orinid meteor shower even though there was an almost full moon. Surprisingly, I observed five fast moving meteors that seemed to come out of Orion. The brightest meteor was about 3rd magnitude. All the meteors looked white to me.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -2, est. to be in Cygnus, Est. RaDec 60)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: jcaggiano@mindspring.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Horsham, Pa, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Fri Sep 2 02:17:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1299
Was outside last night admiring the first clear night in some time when a blue-white meteor flashed past. It was originating from the Cygnus region and heading Southwest. It was maybe visible for 15 degrees as it streaked approx mag -2.0. About a minute later, another meteor slightly less bright (mag -1.8 or so) but with the same coloring flared past heading due West. Also originating from the Cygnus region this one was visible for maybe 20 degrees or so.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Perseus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Aug 12 05:00:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1285
I was mostly clouded out for the Perseid meteor shower. However, the skies cleared from 1:00 AM to 2:00 AM EDT. In that period, I was seeing one meteor every five minutes or so. Unlike other years when the Perseids had a blue tinge, this years perseids all looked yellow. Since the sky was so hazy, I believe any blue light from the meteors was absorbed by the haziness. Two of the perseids that I saw were very bright. One was about -2.5 and the other about -1.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag 3.0, est. to be in Lyra)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Fri Apr 22 03:30:00 2005 UT Obs. no.: 1221
Last evening, my friends Mike Dzubaty, Steve Borer and I observed the Lyrid meteor shower for about two hours. Because of a bright moon, we were able to see only ten meteors. All of the meteors were faint and fast moving. Only one of the meteors was fairly bright.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Gemini)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Dec 14 04:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1129
In response to Al's previous report asking where I saw the meteor break up, I saw the meteor break up below Orion. I believe we saw two seperate meteors break up.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -2.5, est. to be in Gemini)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Tue Dec 14 04:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1127
Tonight, I observed the Geminid meteor shower. I saw 24 meteors between 8:00PM and 12:00AM. The colors of the meteors varied from yellow to orange to blue. They were very slow moving meteors. One of the meteors was a -2.5 mag fireball. It broke apart right over my head. I also took out my binoculars to observe Comet Machholz. It is about fifth magnitude and it still has a short stubby tail. All in all, a very enjoyable evening of astronomy.
Meteor (Meteor)
Observer: al (e-mail: albert_aguilar2001@yahoo.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: outside des moines, iowa, usa
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Tue Dec 14 03:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1128
I too saw the showers and i too saw one the broke apart. I am a total amature but it cant have been the same meteor seen in conn as i saw in iowa break apart right? it was right below castor heading down.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -4, est. to be in Taurus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Nov 17 07:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1115
Last night, my friends, Mike Dzubaty, Steve Borer and I observed the Leonid meteor shower from 11:00 PM to 2:00 AM EST. WE saw only about fifteen meteors during that time. We noticed that about ten of the meteors were coming out of Taurus and heading towards Leo. The long lasting Taurid meteor shower was also going on. Most of the Taurid meteors were faint, although one left a smoke trail. The five or so Leonids that we saw were brighter faster and very yellow. As we went back to our car, we did observe a very bright limegreen colored fireball very low in the northern horizon. It was about as bright as Venus or maybe a little brighter.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag 2.0, est. to be in Orion)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Durham, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Oct 16 09:45:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1076
This morning, My friend Joe Cseh and I went hunting for pheasant. We arrived well before dawn to do some casual astronomy before we started hunting. Although the Orinid meteor shower's peak is still four days away, we were able to see several Orinid meteors before the sun came up. The meteors were very fast and relatively bright. One meteor left a train behind it, which lasted only a second. The colors of the meteors was yellow for some and white for others. We then took out my 10X50 binoculars and observed M41, M42, M45 and the Hyades open cluster.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -3)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Aug 26 01:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1055
This evening, while doing some routine observations, my friends Mike Dzubaty, Steve Borer and I saw a -3 mag. earth grazing meteor. It covered about 10 degrees of sky before it disappeared low in the western horizon. Because it had a blue tinge to it, we believe it was a leftover perseid meteor.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -1, est. to be in Perseus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: poor Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Aug 14 02:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1050
Last night, my friends Steve Borer, Mike Dzubaty and I observed the Perseid meteor shower even though it was two days past peak. We observed from 10:30 PM EDT until 12:30 AM EDT. We were able to observe about 10 to 15 perseids during the three hour period. A few of them were as bright as -1 magnitude. At 12:30 AM EDT, our old friends, the clouds arrived and that was the end of the observing session.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -2, est. to be in Perseus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Colebrook, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: light Transparency: poor Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Aug 12 03:15:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1049
Last night, my friends, Mike Dzubaty, his son Mike Jr., Steve Borer and I went to the northwest hills of Connecticut to obseve the Persiad meteor shower even though it was overcast. Luckily for us, the clouds broke up for two hours from 11:00 PM EDT to 1:00 AM EDT. We observed several bright meteors during the period. Most of the brighter ones were very fast movers and they seemed to have a slight bluish tinge. With so many clouds around, we were only able to see 10-15 meteors during the two hours the sky partially cleared. The brighter meteors were anywere from 0 magnitude to -2 magnitude. As an added bonus, we were able to observe an irridiam flare which was about -6 mag.
Meteor (Meteor)
Observer: Chris (e-mail: chrisj2@cox.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Silver City, NM, USA
Light pollution: none Seeing: excellent
Time: Mon May 31 16:30:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1014
I observed a meteor and its trail in the daylight. It was approximately 10:30 AM in the morning local time in Silver City, New Mexico, USA. I was outside with a full view of the sky. I happened to be looking at the NW horizon when I saw a meteor shoot across the sky. The meteor was a fireball with a distinctive white tail which briefly covered about 1/4 of the sky. The meteor was flying from zenith to roughly NW horizon. Fantastic and brilliant event to spot during daylight hours!
Meteor (Meteor)
Observer: Mike Pierce (e-mail: deltavega@lycos.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Marianna, Florida
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Thu May 6 16:35:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 991
Tonight, as my family and began enjoying some nice, clear weather and were in the backyard, I noted a huge "fireball". As it streaked from east to west, it appeared to come right over our area. It left an obvious smoke train and I could have sworn I heard it "pop" several times. One of the better meteors I have observed.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -2.5)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Sat Apr 17 01:00:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 986
Last night, three of my friends and I went to the northwest hills of Connecticut to do some casual binocular observing. While we were looking at the sky, we noticed a fairly bright fireball moving rather slowly accross the eastern sky. After it moved a short distance, it started breaking up. We saw the first piece blow up. We then saw a flash from another piece blowing up. It was quite a show. We also noticed our shadows being caused by the light of the planet Venus.
Meteor (Meteor, est. to be in Leo)
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Tue Nov 18 09:05:00 2003 UT Obs. no.: 912
Monday night turned out to be clear despite the forecasts so I drove to the ASH Naylor Observatory. Although I would have preferred to be at a darker site and for tonight (Tuesday night that is) to be clear instead due to the possibility of significant shower activity, I did nevertheless do some meteor observing throughout the night. To make a long story short the results were very disappointing. I saw no meteors at all in the early part of the night and only two during a 30 minute period running from 09:05 to 09:35 UT. The better one of the two shot directly across the radiant and was at least 0 magnitude in brightness. The predicted peak for the Leonids was the following morning but the weather forecast was for rain so these two were the sole Leonids for me this year.
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