meteor/asteroid

[warpsl]

did any one else see the meteor/asteroid pass in front of the moon at about 5:15 p.m.?:eyepop:

[brian nordstrom]

:) Na , I was still setting up at that time , so it was not seen by me , shame :( . It would have been good to see.
Brian.

[wayne anderson]

Hi Jason didn,t see anything here only clouds and rain, so typical of the sunshine coast or as i call it "liquid sunshine coast". How is everything in toukley, we moved up here from toukley about this time last year, first to peachester with great dark sky but now we are in landsborough its light polluted only a little like toukley.
Wayne.

[warpsl]

hi wayne.hows that big lx200 going.i was test driving my new big binoculars on the moon when i saw this huge grey rock pass in front of the moon.i was in the right place at the right time.

[steve000]

5:15pm?

How fast was it going...

like did it take 2-3 seconds to cross the sky or 1-2 mins ..

cause if it was 1-2 mins it was a satellite not a meteor

[steve000]

It probably was this

http://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.asp?Session=kebgfcjjegh baopjfhdbokga&satid=10096&date=41084.3080420139&size=600

[warpsl]

i definately know it was not a satelite,or the space station.and it passed very fast.about 4 seconds and it was out of view.and the view in my 150mm f8 binoculars give a very detailed view,as i was using 20 mm superviews,which gave me 60 x with both eyes.it was a rounded grey rock.of that im sure.

[brian nordstrom]

;) Cool , do you think its still fresh enough in your mind to draw a picture of it ? .
I would have loved to have seen this :(.
I was out last night but as I said I never looked at the moon until about 6.30ish local time , NT , nice it was to . I can imagine the view in your binos .. :thumbsup:.
Brian.

[MrB]

I have also seen this happen before, a few years back, It happened too quickly it was hard to tell if it was a satellite or rock but it seemed irregular like a rock.

[wayne anderson]

Hi Jason, you were certainly at the right place and time just 4 seconds or so to view it.
WOW 6 inch Binos the view must be breathtaking, i would like to see that. just looked at your big bino post a while back, sounds like your hard work putting it together is paying off.

Ps
Just wondering i know a Jason from toukley with a 6 inch refractor havent spoken with him in a while we once went to dark skys at Gloucester for a viewing night.

[lindamum]

Hi finally joined up so I could post here! My husband works in Western Australia, inland and slightly north of Port Hedland, 100ks and had seen quite a large meteor last night too, along with a few people he works with! He said the time was somewhere between 6:20 to 7Pm last night. Was traveling west to east about three times the size of a normal star, red at the front and white tail, only relatively small tail, but was still very visible. Also said he had seen it travel from horizon to horizon, was most impressed by it too! He thinks it took about 7 seconds to go across the whole horizon, as it would be uninterrupted viewing where he is, knew it was way too fast to be a satellite, apart from the tail being a giveaway!
If it was the same one, sounds similar, apparently it was most impressive, if it passed in fount of the moon would have amazing!

[DavidU]

What a cool thread this one is.

[warpsl]

hi wayne.yes its me jason from toukley with the skywatcher refractor.but i decided to buy another one,with some prism diagonals,and now i have 6 inch binos.they work a treat.85 x mag with my denkmeier 14mm eyepieces are a knockout.re:meteor.it was travelling from west to east at about 5:15 p.m.i was allready observing the moon when it travelled straight through ny f o v. i think it was close to the moon because it was in sharp focus just as the moon was.it was obviously a long way from the asteroid belt.