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Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -2, 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 13 01:45:00 2021 UT Obs. no.: 2283
Last evening, I observed the Perseus Meteor Shower for about ninety minutes. I counted eight meteors but two very bright meteors really impressed me. Both were about -2 magnitude. They both had a blue white color to them & both slow moving meteors left smoke trails before they exploded. It was a good night for me.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -5)
Observer: Mark D. Schneider (e-mail: markd_s@yahoo.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Orange, California, United States of America
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Dec 13 10:57:30 2020 UT Obs. no.: 2224
Bolide very bright in the East.
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 13 04:30:00 2020 UT Obs. no.: 2184
A little after midnight, I viewed the Perseid Meteor Shower in hazy skies. I saw less than 10 Perseids including one that was about 3rd magnitude. It, like the others, was yellow & very fast moving. I then went to bed.
Meteor (Meteor)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: fishermanjoe523@gmail.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Glenside, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Dec 14 11:43:00 2016 UT Obs. no.: 1994
Just an addendum to my last post, the planet in the morning sky was Jupiter, not Saturn.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -6, est. to be in Ophiuchus)
Observer: Joe Caggiano (e-mail: fishermanjoe523@gmail.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Glenside, PA, USA
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Dec 14 11:43:00 2016 UT Obs. no.: 1993
Just saw a phenominal fireball streak past just a few degrees from Saturn. It travelled South by SouthEast and was a beautiful bright blue-green color. It was visible for almost a second and started about the zenith point to just past Saturn's declination. I was looking at Saturn at the time that it became visible. Very very bright with at least 2 pieces that broke off from the main fireball, much like an air rocket on independence day with sparks flying off. It was the best meteor I have seen in about 10 years.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -3, est. to be in Cassiopeia)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: good Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Aug 13 03:00:00 2015 UT Obs. no.: 1953
Last evening, my brother Anthony, my friend Steve & I observed The Perseid Meteor Shower from 11:00 PM to 1:00 AM. During the two hours we observed, we saw about fifty meteors with several of these being blue & bright. we also used our binoculars to view the Pleides open cluster, M45 & the Andromeda Galaxy, M31. It was a very enjoyable night of meteor watching.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -4, 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: good Seeing: good
Time: Mon Dec 15 04:00:00 2014 UT Obs. no.: 1940
This evening, while observing the Geminid Meteor Shower, I saw a bright -4 magnitude meteor pass through Orion. It was a blue meteor with a short trail. Very Impressive!
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -7)
Observer: Mark D. Schneider (e-mail: markd_s@yahoo.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Garden Grove, California, United States of America
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Sun Jun 1 03:15:24 2014 UT Obs. no.: 1914
seen this Bolide in the Northwest during mid-twilight.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag 0.0, 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: Fri Dec 14 03:15:00 2012 UT Obs. no.: 1887
On Thursday evening, I watched the Geminid Meteor Shower for thirty minutes. I counted five meteors, the brightest being around 0 magnitude & bright yellow. Ultimately, the cold weather forced me back inside.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -1, 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: Sun Oct 21 06:30:00 2012 UT Obs. no.: 1886
Early in the morning, my friend Joe Cseh & I observered both the Orinid & Taurid meteor showers. The Orinids were fast & faint except three of them which were fairly bright of about -1 magnitude. The Taurids were faint & slow moving. No bright ones were seen. In two hours we observed about 10 Orinid & about 3 or 4 Taurids. We also froze to death.
Meteor (Meteor)
Observer: Mickey Davis (e-mail: michael.davis@law.csuohio.edu)
Instrument: Naked Eyes-inch other Location: Clinton, Ct, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Thu Aug 11 01:21:00 2011 UT Obs. no.: 1868
An intensely bright white light fell vertically from about ten degrees below the outer lip of the Big Dipper, falling about twenty degrees, changing from intense white to an even more intense blue and finally a luminous green before extinguishing about ten degrees above the horizon. Much brighter and larger than any of the Perseids I have seen over the years and much earlier in the evening. Doesn't seem to be a Perseid at all. I don't know how to judge magnitudes but this was the brightest thing in the sky by far.
Meteor (Meteor)
Observer: ORLANDO MARQUEZ, JR. (e-mail: omarquez87@yahoo.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: VADITO, NEW MEXICO, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Mon Sep 27 13:40:00 2010 UT Obs. no.: 1857
OBSERVED A BRIGHT BLUE LIGHT WITH A TAIL ON THE WESTERN SKY TRAVELING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -1, est. to be in Taurus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sun Dec 13 02:00:00 2009 UT Obs. no.: 1840
With rain appraoching the northeast tomorrow night, my friend Steve and I decided to try to observe some Geminid meteors tonight. I was able to see a total of five meteors, four of which were bright and yellow colored. The four bright ones were about -1 magnitude and appeared well to the right of Gemini. Hopefully it will clear up tomorrow night and I will be able to catch a few more meteors.
Meteor (Meteor)
Observer: Teresa (e-mail: etdinsurance@yahoo.com, web: http://www.etdinsurance.com)
Instrument: EYE-inch equatorial reflector Location: Margate, Florida, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Mon Nov 16 13:05:00 2009 UT Obs. no.: 1839
bright multi colored object floating over Margate Fl tonight. Very bright, moving slowly from the south to the north in the western sky. Long tendrils of light floating out from the center like looking at a prism. Did anyone else see this?
Meteor (Meteor)
Observer: thomas (e-mail: tlilstew88@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Des Moines, iowa, united states
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: excellent
Time: Mon Sep 7 09:40:00 2009 UT Obs. no.: 1832
A friend and I where sitting on top of the saylorville lake resivoir damn on Monday night or actually Tues. mourning about 330 or maybe closer to 4 am. we where just talking and i was looking at my friend and all the sudden a bright flash lit up the majority of the landscape. i looked up and there was this object orange in color good deal of white glow to it as well. We saw a very neat and distinctive smoke trail behind this object. and after a short delay heard a type of crackling sound. I was just wondering if anyone may know what it was or if anything like that was to be in this area at that time*? was really cool though*!
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -1.5, est. to be in Perseus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Milford, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Aug 12 05:30:00 2009 UT Obs. no.: 1829
Early this morning my friend Steve Borer and I observed the Perseid Meteor Shower for about an hour at Anchor Beach in Milford Ct. Most of the meteors were faint but a couple of them were about 1.5 magnitude and yellow. One meteor left a brief smoke trail and this was the brightest meteor we saw. After about an hour the low clouds and fog rolled in and we had to pack up and left.
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: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Aug 13 03:45:00 2008 UT Obs. no.: 1797
Last night my friend Steve Borer and I went to the beach to observe the persiad Meteor Shower. Between 11:45 PM and 2:30 AM EDT we counted more than 20 meteors. Three of the meteors left smoke trails and most of the persiads were yellow. The one exception was a bright -4 magnitude persiad that was colored blue and it left a smoke trial for ten to fifteen seconds. All in all, it was a great night of viewing.
Meteor (Meteor, est. to be in Leo)
Observer: Mark D. Schneider (e-mail: markd_s@yahoo.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: Garden Grove, California, United States of America
Light pollution: light Transparency: good Seeing: good
Time: Wed Apr 16 05:08:00 2008 UT Obs. no.: 1777
A semi-bright flash was seen passing over from North to South east of the Gibbous Moon tonight...they aren't too visible from here.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -7, 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: fair Seeing: good
Time: Sun Oct 21 04:45:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1721
Last evening after midnight I sat on my deck to observe the Orinid Meteor Shower. The first meteor I spotted was a fireball of about -7 magnitude. It only traveled about one degree before it blew up in a flash and lit up the trees in front of my deck. I also saw two others that left nice smoke trains. I also enjoyed looking at Mars, Orion and all the other objects in the night sky with just my naked eye. Earlier I observed the ISS which was supposed to be -1.3 magnitude but it was much dimmer, about 0 magnitude. Finally I took a glimpse at the sun this morning with my Sunspotter Solar Telescope. Still no sunspots. This evening my friends and I are going to try to observe comet Loneos. It will be located to the lower left of Arcturus if anyone wants to take a stab at it. Go to spaceweather.com for a sky chart.
Meteor (Meteor)
Observer: Eric & Kenny (e-mail: etombo@gmail.com)
Instrument: naked eye Location: West Des Moines, IA, USA
Time: Tue Oct 2 05:00:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1714
Meteor breaking through the clouds coming from the west heading east. came through the clouds red, breaking apart turning green, low altitude, traveling at a high rate. It ended abruptly. Minutes later I asked a man walking down the street if he had seen it, he said he saw a bright flash but did not see it fast enough to know what it was
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: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Mon Aug 13 02:00:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1692
Last night as the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower was nearing its peak, clouds were rushing in so I had to observe fast. In the short time I observed I was able to see four yellow meteors, two of them -1 magnitude, and one blue meteor about 0 Magnitude. One of the the meteors left a smoke trail which disappeared almost imediately. The skies here tonight are expected to be clear so I'll try again tonight.
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: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sun Aug 12 03:00:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1691
Last evening my brother Anthony and my two friends Joe Cseh and Steve Borer went to the beach to watch the Perseid Meteor Shower, even though it was the night before the peak. From 10:00 PM to 1:00 AM we were only able to see anywhere from four to six meteors. Some of the meteors were blue and some were yellow. Earlier I was able to enjoy -8 mag. Iridium Flare #42. Since the meteors weren't popping the four of us did some binocular observing. We got to view M8, M21, M24, M17, M22 and M31. We also had a clear view of one of Jupiter's moons on its western side. Hopefully the the skies will be clear tonight for the peak of the Perseids.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -4, est. to be in Taurus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 10-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: good
Time: Mon Apr 23 00:00:00 2007 UT Obs. no.: 1644
This evening My friends Steve Borer, Mike Dzubaty and I set up a 10" and 6" dob on the West Haven beach to let people look through our scopes. To our surprise about 150 people showed up to observe. After showing people the moon, we switched the scopes to Venus which is getting ready to wane to a half lit phase. I was amazed to see a long dark stripe on Venus' southern hemisphere. I've never seen that kind of a marking before on Venus. Then what the crowd was waiting for, Saturn, popped into view in the darkening sky. I never heard so many wows since the West Haven fireworks last year. I noticed the dark polar hood on saturn's south pole seems to have vanished. I wonder what's up with that. Next a -3 magnitude Iridium flare appeared right over our heads. For the grand finale, we were watching the ISS pass by when a slow moving earth grazing Lyrid meteor passed overhead. This about -4 magnitude meteor traveled across about 70 degrees of sky before it disintergrated. The sky put on quite a show for the people tonight.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag -4, est. to be in Gemini)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Thu Dec 14 05:00:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1598
I just finished obseving the Geminid meteor shower. From 10:00 PM till midnight, I had lots of haze, fog and patches of low clouds. Despite all this, I still was able to see seventeen meteors in the two hour span. Fourteen of the meteors were brighter than Sirius including several -3 and -4 magnitude meteors. I also noticed at the beginning of my observations, the meteors were yellow but as the night wore on the meteors looked blue. I also noticed the blue meteors were brighter than the yellow ones. All in all, it was a good show.
Meteor (Meteor, est. mag 1.0, est. to be in Taurus)
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: Sun Nov 26 04:00:00 2006 UT Obs. no.: 1585
This evening, while I was glancing up the sky, I observed a bright yellow meteor travel above my head. It may have been a Leonid Meteor since it was traveling roughly east to west. The meteor was rather fast moving and it burned out quickly.
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