Hi all, About 1 hour ago (somewhere between 11:20pm and 11:40pm Mountain timezone) while walking in my Superior, Colorado neighborhood I saw something in the western sky that was really cool. The thing that caught my eye was a star that brightened and brightened (so it was as bright as Jupiter) and then it faded away. It took between 5 and 10 seconds for the whole thing to occur until I couldn't see it anymore. At first I thought it might be a meteor coming toward me from the west, but I didn't see much (if any) movement. It just brightened and faded. I was still walking, so my perspective might've been off with the motion of me moving (so background trees and houses would've been "moving" also). I guess it could still be a meteor, but it seemed more like a supernova (although those take a lot longer to brighten and fade). I didn't hear anything, but I am near a somewhat busy highway. It definitely was NOT an airplane. No blinking lights and not much movement. It was between the stars Arcturus (in Bootes) and Antares (in Scorpius) possibly in the Serpens constellation, like near M5 (Messier 5). I think it was closer to Arcturus (maybe 10 degrees to the south of it) and slightly higher in the sky, but there were several bright street lights in that direction, so I couldn't get a more exact location for it. Sorry.
Did anyone else see it? Maybe Chris Peterson at his Cloudbait Observatory in Guffy, CO got a video of it? I also saw two definite meteors during my 20 minute walk. Regards, Bob Loeffler COMETS http://www.peaktopeak.com/comets/ ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
