Caused by debris from Halley's Comet, the 2009 Orionid meteor shower peaks on Wednesday, Oct. 21st, and forecasters say it could be an unusually good show.

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asking

Fog came in.
I'll try in November.

KUXJ

Ah, well, that's the way it goes sometimes.

Seeing really gets bad for me in the next two. November, and December are my two most cloudy Months.

In case you would ever see a fireball (Meteor) You can report it here:
AMS Fireball Monitoring Program

It's not for general showers like the Orionids, unless there would be an exceptional display of a singular nature.

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asking

I have seen bolides!

The most spectacular fireball I ever saw was a reentering Soviet rocket, which I saw while camping with friends at 10,000 feet. Wow.

A couple of Vandenberg rockets.

I will keep in mind the fireball monitoring program if I seen another. I'd have to take up camping or stargazing again. I live in northern california and report all our earthquakes to the USGS's "did you feel it?" website.

KUXJ

I was able to report my first one to AMS last year in August 08


If your interested in Satellite sightings try this:
Heavens-Above Home Page Redding Ca.

You can adjust the sighting location if Redding is too far from you. An advantage to having a more precise location is the site can give better sighting times.

You can search H/A's database of towns or you can also edit your location manually, with your Earth co-ordinates.

This page offers a list of ISS - Visible Passes as you go over the dates, take notice of the center column in the Max. Alt. table, the higher the value, the more directly overhead the ISS will be.

Click on 23OCT. then on click here to the right of the flashing new sign, the ISS is almost out of the viewing circle.

Now, Click on 28OCT then click here......See the difference?

I started using H/A to hunt down Iridium flares, and check it regularly for the ISS

If you can use the USGS site, it shouldn't take you long to master this.
When you get on the visible passes page, and go to the Ground Track Plot, navigation is a matter of using the back button.

k

Saylor22

I'm laying on the beach in gulf shores Alabama with a blanket n my gf

asking

Hope you are having fun and seeing lots of shooting stars. It's socked in here in Northern California.

KUXJ

Thought I'd check this out....Didn't receive a script notice.

Saw one meteor at 4:12am on the morning of the 17th. The clouds rolled in, and the next morn, was also socked.

I'da loved to of seen this Willamette, Oregon Meteorite commin' in!



Willamette Meteorite - Wikipedia

asking

Holy cow! Now, that's a meteorite!

Do people ever get hit by these things? Or can you see it coming and run out of its path?

I saw one good one about 4 in the morning on the 18th. Out the window from my bed. I meant to get up . . . but I fell back to sleep and the next thing I knew it was daylight.

...snckkk

KUXJ

Sure do, in the last 233years or so there have been 14 instances were people have been struck, but not killed Meteorite Hits Page
Most though have been animals, cars or buildings most recently: CBC News - Toronto - S. Ontario meteorite fragment hit SUV

I would think it happens so fast, you would have no time to react. There's this case this past summer:
14-year-old hit by 30,000 mph space meteorite - Telegraph

But this site isn't so sure 'bout it, read below the DoD story:
Meteors in the News – DoD Classifies Fireball Data and Boy Gets Hit By Meteorite The Transient Sky – Comets, Asteroids, Meteors

I know of what you are saying. It was much easier for me back before my retirement.
I worked nights, and was usually home by 4 in the morning, and I would stay out until dawn.


On a lighter note, Have you heard?
SPACE.com -- It's a Girl! Astronaut's Daughter Born While He's in Space

Unknown008

Woa! That meteorite seems to be metallic...

I wonder in which direction you have to run if you see a meteorite coming towards you... perhaps left or right is the best way...