Catching a falling star

James Raymond, Las Vegas NV — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:56:08 GMT

I think Alan Boyle is my clone. Everything that interests him interests me.

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kitty coruts — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 06:52:02 GMT

I like to read whatever Alan Boyle writes as his writing peak my interest and I learn more about astronomy from him. This is so interesting! I can't wait to see it, in fact I am staying up just to see this metor shower.

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Joe C, 29 Palms, CA — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:20:27 GMT

>> I think Alan Boyle is my clone. Everything that interests him interests me.

Well then, that makes us triplets, at least. Let's hope that we were created for good, not evil ;)

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George Wilcox,Alexandria,IN — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:50:49 GMT

Morning,About 7:04 this morning watching for the shower i saw a large brown clump,about 20 degrees above the northern horizon e2w very fast and no lights.Is it possible that it was in fact a meteor?
Do these objects slow down in the atmosphere?
There was also a low rumble,But this could be wishful thinking.The object moved across the entire sky in about 10 seconds.
Maybe i did'nt get up at 4'o'clock in vain.
George Wilcox
Moonsville,IN 46001

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David Camp, Palmyra, IL — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 12:01:16 GMT

it would have been nice to post this BEFORE the event so we could participate. THis being sat. am when it is on the web and the event was to take place hours earlier.

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Barb B. — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 12:08:50 GMT

I live near Bend in Central Oregon. At 4:17 I was outside, and saw 5 in 5 minutes, and went inside to wake the rest of the family, and was back out at 4:20. Haven't seen one since. Time now 5:O7 a.m.

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Chris Erikson — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:44:19 GMT

Thanks for the nicely done pre and post reports on this blog. The meteor counting tool you linked is very nice and will be useful for other events, it beats the heck out of a clipboard and egg timer, which gets real tedious!

I observe from Lyle, WA and began at three, knocked off with the advent of the rosy fingered dawn at 5:15. My observations matched yours, a meteor every few minutes or so peaking between 4 and 4:30 AM, then a definite dropoff to nothing.

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Tom N, Beaverton, OR — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 21:13:20 GMT

Saw some 30 Augrid meteors between 3 and 4:30 AM. Around 4:15 seemed to be the highest with 6 in just a couple of minutes. By 4:30, the show seemed to be over. Fast, moderately bright and quite yellow.

Tried the counting program, however my system crashed when the drive filled up (was taking photos at the same time) and the file didn't get saved. Argh!

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Rich L, Vancouver, Wa — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 12:44:40 GMT

Took my Jeep club into the Cascades in Washington. Sat on a high ridge and we saw about a dozen.

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Anonymous — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:11:32 GMT

So, we&#8217;re sitting on the porch in the very cool summer air last night, eating watermelon and not wondering how they do things in New York, and I look up and see a falling star. Nice! What a pleasant surprise.

I stretched out to have a better

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George W Pace. Falls City, Nebraska — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:53:52 GMT

On Friday night @ 10:32P.M. I saw a meterite fall as I was watching two planes (one going East and one going West) and it was the first time I saw one in my entire life and I was very much amazed when I saw it. It fell from the North to the South on August 31, 2007. I did not however knew that we were going to have a meterite shower during this weekend or any other time. To me it was a very interesting sight and it was beautiful site to see.

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Joe, Upstate NY — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 15:38:23 GMT

Live in upstate NY...Sitting on patio last night from dusk until 10:00 PM EST, saw 4 meteors and one fireball that was unforgettable. Shot across the sky from the east and left a trail about 1/4 the width of the entire sky

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P Swanson, O'Fallon, IL — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:36:38 GMT

I knew the shower was due, but thought I was too late leaving for work shortly before 0600cdt. Driving south through my neighborhood I saw 2 meteors approximately 15-20 seconds apart, the 2nd look huge (compared to others I've seen). All this despite the sun just below the horizon starting to lighten the sky. I was very impressed.

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Ken Mitchell — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 02:10:09 GMT

A couple of folks here have written that they didn't know there would be a meteor shower. Y'all should bookmark www.spaceweather.com for advance notice of anything interesting happening, or expected, in the sky. (I didn't get up to see the meteors, but I did enjoy watching part of the lunar eclipse last week.)

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Thomas Ashby, Calgary — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:01:18 GMT

At least the Perseids are as annual as late summer. There was cloud here so I couldn't compare the Aurigids, but the Perseids are always a sight to behold.. and spread out over 2 or even 3 nights and at a time that is reasonable. The first night I saw about 1 a minute under clear skies over Kootenay Lake BC. The second night maybe 1 every 2 or 3 minutes.

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Stacy Jo McDermott, Oakland, CA — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 07:24:25 GMT

Au contraire...got to www.observers.org...observing participants saw quite a number of th Aurigids...also, www.cloudynights.com (registration required, but it's all good) had more of the same...observers were quite pleased with the display...a number of them on the left coast...Clear skies! Stacy

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joe nard johnston RI — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:46:20 GMT

i was outside last night right after the sun went down at like 8 or 9 30 pm eastern time i caught a few shooting stars and a fire ball it was a large shooting star it caught fire and disintegrated in the atmosphere ... pretty cool stuff in the sky this year, big dipper is right over my house every night ... i noted more stars in the sky in the past couple weeks cool constellations even sagittarius is out early morning 330 4 am eastern time. ive also noticed other things as well!!! thats all im going to say ... any questions ? Joenardups@aol.com or check my myspace i'll answer questions

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Kevin Torpey, Toms River, NJ — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:19:57 GMT

Saw a meteor move E to W 20 degrees across entire sky to my south Sat.@ 9pm in coastal NJ. Appeared gold then red then green to gold before coming down in the ocean a few miles out.

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mark Boise ID — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:40:38 GMT

i would have like to known about this a day or two ago rather than miss it and listen to how amazing it was and i'll never be able to see it!

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George, Marion VA — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:48:09 GMT

Walking my dogs tonight (September 3, 2007) at about 10:10PM EST and saw 3 very good meteors in the span of about 10 seconds...with one of them moving over a good third of the horizon. Don't know if these were the Aurigids, but very good quality, albeit short, show and the most rapid I have seen them. I am viewing from SW VA and was looking SSE. Might have seen more if I had been out there a few minutes earlier, but didn't see any more after the little flurry of activity I did see. Of course, the worst one I ever saw was still great.

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Jim Zollweg, Boise, ID — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:32:58 GMT

We saw 15+ between 5:10 and 5:50 MDT from Boise, ID, with a definite peak at 3 per minute about 5:20. Almost all originated from a small portion of the ENE sky about 30 degrees above the horizon. There was a lot of city light as well as moon illumination, so this seemed to us to be a strong although brief shower. The meteors were bright, fast, and of short duration. One appeared to break into two pieces with separate trails. There were surprisingly few dim ones. The shower dropped off rapidly after about 5:40 MDT.

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Donna, Downingtown, PA — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:24:38 GMT

My husband and 2 daughters just moved to Downingtown, PA. We were riding our bikes on Monday evening (Sept 3rd), around 7-7:30 pm, and saw a streak in the sky that varied in colors (yellow, orange) -- this streak lasted for about 6 minutes!!! And then we saw some bursts and things just disappear. My husband and I were quite amazed, b/c we thought meteors last just seconds, so we are just not sure what this was! We have since seen more on Tuesday, late afternoon (around 5 pm) -- my daughter and I (after seeing some on our bikes) watched the sky again around 7:30 pm and saw a very bright light that lasted several seconds and then just disappeared. We are just amazed! I've been searching the news and web for such sightings here in PA, and have not found anything!

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Tammy Handel — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:45:33 GMT

I live in Ellensburg Washington. My Daughter and I were still seeing meteors mid morning here the last one we saw was 2:30 pm here in washington

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Rebecca Thompson, Montclair, NJ — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 01:03:59 GMT

OK - I'm in West Orange, NJ. At about 7:45 tonite I saw a "falling star" in the western sky. It had no tail like a meteor. It was very bright silver like a bright star, then fell very quickly down toward the horizon and behind the trees. Did anyone else see it?

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Paul Strother,Laplace,La. — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:48:49 GMT

I was traveling home from work going south- southeast
@ 5:48pm central time. And between 1-2 o'clock i seen
this blue/green light falling to the horizan. I never
seen one like that before with those colors. It must
have been pretty close. What do you think?

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Donna G — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:16:24 GMT

I don't know where else to ask this but on 8-4-08 at approx 9:30 pm in Toms River Silverton section I saw what appeared to be a meteor, or, not a shooting star maybe a falling star. Did anyone else see this. Thank God my family saw it too, so i know it was there!

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Lola in Los Angeles — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:05:03 GMT

I saw a falling star at apprx 9:15pm Wednesday August 5th 2008 in Los Angeles, CA. Did anyone else see it? Lola

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Alok Munot, Pune (Mumbai), India — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:39:45 GMT

On 28.01.09 - 0030 hours - I with a couple of friends saw this unbeleivably huge shooting star - the size of a bulb - sort of a comet or something - Any leads on that? Did anybody else see it?

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Elizabeth Rios, Waukesha, Wisconsin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:03:07 GMT

July 20, 2009 approximately around 3am: I saw a shooting star zooming through the unusually dark sky. It looked much darker than ever before. The clouds from a far distant looked foggier and smokier than ever before. Never saw anything like it.

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brunei darussalam — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:06:17 GMT

i saw a blue green light pass the sky at 8.15pm..i am onthe way to brunei from jepan..i'am at sea at the moment...is the 1st shootting star i ever see....