ReconRat Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 (edited) That's the second one I've seen this week. I saw one early Saturday morning. And I just saw one tonight. I had time to look it up, it was in Ophiuchus, (the Serpent Bearer) which was around M10 headed toward M12 & M14. Which was in the plane of the elliptic. That means it was probably a chunk of space junk falling out of orbit.Anyway, pretty unusual to see two the same week. But there are a lot of meteorites this time of year. And they happen at times that people are outside and might see them.edit: yeah yeah, I know... it's a meteor. Meteorites actually hit the ground... Edited August 23, 2012 by ReconRat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 How do you figure out this M10, M14, M12, thing. I see lots of them where I live but I have know nothing about M10 locations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted August 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 How do you figure out this M10, M14, M12, thing. I see lots of them where I live but I have know nothing about M10 locations.I used Google Sky on my phone. Or similar apps. And just hold the phone up to the night sky to see what I'm looking at. I know a few, but I don't have all that night sky memorized. M10 etc are Messier objects from the dawn of astronomy.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_objecthttp://messier45.com/messier/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4DAIVI PAI2K5 Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Tom you could be a evil genius. Good thing you use your powers for good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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