So this meteor...

[Eighteeteewhy]

.....it's passing in 20 mins apparently.


I'm just heading for my bunker.



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[MocMocaMoc]

Is there any chance of actually seeing it? With eyes, I mean?

Not a telescope.

[Himself]

If it's clear you'll see it with bins.

[cqueen]

Info here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-2144...

[Westy Pre-Lit]

Himself said:

If it's clear you'll see it with bins.

Make sure they're chocked first, don't want no accidents.

[Eighteeteewhy]

I sold my bins a while back.

Am I right on thinking it will be a PITA with my full telescope?

[MocMocaMoc]

Just sent someone on Facebook a message to say I'm off out to see this comet / asteroid / meteor thing and...

It's already fked off!

I'll catch the next one.

[Vieste]

Too much cloud up north i had my binoculars and telescope at the ready

[MocMocaMoc]

Vieste said:

Too much cloud up north i had my binoculars and telescope at the ready

My Dad (in Newcastle) apparently saw it zip across the sky. Said it was just like a shooting star.

Oh well.

[Semi hemi]

MocMocaMoc said:

My Dad (in Newcastle) apparently saw it zip across the sky. Said it was just like a shooting star.

Oh well.

It is an Asteroid, not a meteor. And what ever yer da saw it was not it, It is not going to "zip" anywhere.
Image below shows the track & timing as it climbs the northern sky


He may have seen the ISS pass by as it "zipped" across the sky earlier about 36 deg above the horizon

Edited by Semi hemi on Friday 15th February 19:47

[cqueen]

"For regions in darkness, it should remain visible until about midnight through good binoculars or a telescope".

[Vieste]

So 21:30-22:00 i should see it.

[Semi hemi]

It was at its closest point to the earth and therefore its brightest at 1925 and as it rises through the northern sky it is travelling away getting fainter. should still be visible through bins/tele if skies are clear up around about the Plough/Ursar Major about that time

[Vieste]

Cool the clouds are clearing now.

[ViperPict]

Estimated to about about the same mass as the object that created 'Meteor Crater' in Arizona. About 10 megatonnes worth of bang or thereabouts!

[Mojocvh]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedd...

Edited by Mojocvh on Saturday 16th February 19:07

[Eighteeteewhy]

Mojocvh said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedd...

Edited by Mojocvh on Saturday 16th February 19:07

[tapkaJohnD]

See also the Astronomy Picture of the Day 17th feb
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/

John

[Vieste]

I will post this here.

What is that star under the moon right now?

[OldJohnnyYen]

PW said:

Jupiter

Or Procyon both very bright and close to the moon!