meteor sighting

[Pete59]

hi all,i am new to this group but did anyone see the meteor last night around 10.00pm in the east heading south.it was a flourescent green with a bright blue on the outside.i am in southern queensland if that helps.

[davidpretorius]

Welcome Pete,

we had low level cloud, high level could, 65% humidity and rain down here in Tassie.

It could have been bits of my telescope burning upon reentry after i crack the proverbials at the weather!!!

[Ric]

Hi Pete and welcome to the group.
I was out and saw one with a greenish tinge to it but no blue though. It lasted around 2-3 seconds and was heading East from where I was.

Cheers

[acropolite (Phil)]

Saw something on SBS (foreign) news about some Russian space junk re-entering it may have been part of that.

[Pete59]

it was travelling quiet slow compared to other ones i have seen that is why i could make out so much detail

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by acropolite

Saw something on SBS (foreign) news about some Russian space junk re-entering it may have been part of that.

I saw that on SkyNews! Quite a spectacular re-entry of a Russian Rocket as it broke up!!!!!

See here, and has videos. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...0484&qs=1;bp=t

[Pete59]

thanks for all the replies,that mabe what it was but it was certainly a spectacular sight

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

It sounds like a real beauty! Congratulations on spotting it.

BTW. My brother-in-law's parents live in Texas.