Pilliga Fire Ball 24th March

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I missed seeing this with my own eyes, luckily I had the camera up and running capturing a time lapse at the time.

Looking at the close up of the meteor, it started out green and then you can see where it exploded and turned golden.

John and Rod might be able to give their own eye witness account here.

[Rodstar (Rod)]

Hi Jeanette,

It was the brightest bollide I have witnessed in my 8 or so years of observing.

I was up my ladder with the Mary Rose facing to the south (away from the origin) as it came across the sky. I became aware of it because of the bright light it cast against my scope, I looked up, and saw it just before it burst into a bright flash. After the bright flash it disappeared almost immediately. It was, to my eyes, green and gold.

A truly awesome moment with the universe.

So glad you caught it on film jjj!

[Quark (Trevor)]

What a great catch there Jeanette, an amazing sight indeed.

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Regards
Trevor

[Liz]

Wow, a beautiful image, well done!!!

[Shiraz (Ray)]

wow, what a catch - congrats. regards Ray

[Lester]

That is a Classic Catch JJ.

[iceman (Mike)]

Stunning!

[h0ughy (David)]

nice one jjj, did it fizzle and hiss or make any sound?

[Derek Klepp]

Fantastic

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Excellent capture jjj! Any magnitude estimates?

Cheers,
Stephen

[stardust steve (Steve)]

the right palce, right time and dedication all payed off now you have a rare moment of magic to keep. Very bright and sharp, looks like a huge fire javelin.
Well done

[erick (Eric)]

Marvellous capture, Jeanette

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Excellent capture JJJ, looks like the skies were stunnning.

Cheers Petra d.

[von Tom (Tom)]

Top shot!

[Clayton]

Amazing!!!

[cybereye (Mario)]

Incredible!

Mario

[prokyon (Werner Probst)]

Wow, a very special one! Great!!

[Suzy]

Talk about accidentally having your camera set to the right place and the right time.... oh my Nettie.... the skies really do look after you!

Fantastic shot and keepsake.

[astroron (Ron)]

Pretty Cool There JJJ Brilliant
Cheers

[xstream (John)]

Hi Jeanette,

Yes!!!!!!! What a brilliant bollide it was, as Rod has said green to gold? or gold to green I seem to remember it as, doesn't really matter.
I was lying back eye balling Eta Carina when I caught the flash "Wow", it was bright. Then to see it trail fragments behind, it was awesome.

I'm so glad you managed to capture it as I said at the time, "I'm sure Jeanette is imaging that part of the sky".