stephend
14-04-2009, 10:33 AM
On Thursday 9 April at 5.21 while driving East in Mayfield Newcastle NSW I saw a bright meteor come down. It hit the ocean probably about 5 kilometers from shore. Position in relation to Bull Street Mayfield was 98 degrees. It appeared to be travelling North with a dip of about 80 degrees; in other words, it was coming almost straight down and was only visible for a second. It started as a bright yellow line and flared up to about one eighth of a degree across before vanishing behind low cloud into the sea. The speed and brightness of the event were pretty astounding. It was then bright day; if it had been dark this would have lit up the street. Did anyone else see it?
Last chance I had to see a meteorite arrive was forty years ago when one came in slowly over Inverell Northern NSW, leaving a brief smoke trail and finally exploding. My brother saw it and pointed excitedly but being a kid I looked for the wrong thing in the wrong place and missed it. Also missed seeing Sputnik for the same kind of reason.
Last chance I had to see a meteorite arrive was forty years ago when one came in slowly over Inverell Northern NSW, leaving a brief smoke trail and finally exploding. My brother saw it and pointed excitedly but being a kid I looked for the wrong thing in the wrong place and missed it. Also missed seeing Sputnik for the same kind of reason.