Mar 15/16/17 Meteors

Carl Hergenrother

In the previous post I showed images of a bright fireball seen Sunday evening over Tucson. At the same time a bright fireball was seen in northern California. At first I wondered if the two might have been related, or even the same fireball. Thanks to recent analysis of video data in California by  the Sierra College, we have our answer. No, the 2 fireballs are not the same and also are not related. More info on the March 15 CA fireball can be found here.

Obs  Date(UT)      Time    TOT SPO ANT GNO
TUS  2010-03-17   10h 15m   15  13  2   0
TUS  2010-03-16   10h 07m   13  8   4   1

TUS - Camera in Tucson operated by Carl Hergenrother
SDG - Camera in San Diego operated by Bob Lunsford
TotTime - Total amount of time each camera looked for meteors
TOT - Total number of meteors detected
SPO - Sporadics (meteors not affiliated with any particular meteor shower)
ANT - Antihelions
GNO - Gamma Normids

Published by Carl Hergenrother

I am a professional astronomer specializing in the study of comets, asteroids and meteors. This blog will focus on my professional and amateur work in this field.