[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Asteroid (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 2/6/2017 3:34:52 AM EDT
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Who else saw the asteroid go by?
Passed Wisconsin about 1:29 lit up the sky like daylight. The sonic booms hit about 3 minutes later. |
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Is that WTF I heard? It spounded like someone was scraping my wall. I'm sitting here at the desk with the windows closed in the bedroom. I thought my wife and kid were sleeping, I was thinking "what the hell is he doing???" sounded like the kid drug his dresser across the wall.
I wish I knew it was coming. I would have watched. 
Edit: I'm an hour north of Milwaukee. |
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Yup I sent a text to some family members jokingly telling them that we almost died. Also if anyone knows of any cameras overlooking Winnebago or Michigan that would be a good place to find video. Quoted:
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This is why NASA deserves funding. Yup I sent a text to some family members jokingly telling them that we almost died. Also if anyone knows of any cameras overlooking Winnebago or Michigan that would be a good place to find video. I'd love to see the footage from a staring satellite. Eta: is this your event? http://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2017/454 |
Boom!
 Midwest Meteor Police Dash Cam 
 Fireball over Chicago - AMS Event#454-2017 |
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HOLY SHIT! I caught it on my dash cam here in Wilmington Illinois.
I woke up and saw this thread, and figured why not check my cam. Sure the fuck enough! I need to learn ow and where to host the video, or I'll make a new thread once I do. This is completely awesome. |
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asteroid? 
eta: quick 5 second lesson in astronomy Meteors: http://www.amsmeteors.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/perez.jpg Asteroids: http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2014/09/asteroids-100421951-orig.png 
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asteroid?
eta: quick 5 second lesson in astronomy Meteors: http://www.amsmeteors.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/perez.jpg Asteroids: http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2014/09/asteroids-100421951-orig.png 
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I'm about 50 miles south of Chicago.
Here's the dash cam footage from my vehicle. I back into the driveway when I get home, and the cam operates in 720p in parking mode. I wish I could have caught it in 1080p regular mode. Not the best video, but the coolest thing I ever caught on my dash cam. ETA: a direct link to the video, thanks to RR_Broccoli. http://vid166.photobucket.com/albums/u88/StevesZZ5/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000077_zpsgveotqyx.mp4 |
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I'm about 50 miles south of Chicago. Here's the dash cam footage from my vehicle. I back into the driveway, and the cam operates in 720p in parking mode. Not the best video, but the coolest thing I ever caught on my dash cam. http://s166.photobucket.com/user/StevesZZ5/media/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000077_zpsgveotqyx.mp4.html That's cool as shit! |
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asteroid?
eta: quick 5 second lesson in astronomy Meteors: http://www.amsmeteors.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/perez.jpg Asteroids: http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2014/09/asteroids-100421951-orig.png Well in all fairness it did spend far more time as an asteroid than it ever did as a bolide. 
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I'm about 50 miles south of Chicago. Here's the dash cam footage from my vehicle. I back into the driveway, and the cam operates in 720p in parking mode. Not the best video, but the coolest thing I ever caught on my dash cam. http://s166.photobucket.com/user/StevesZZ5/media/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000077_zpsgveotqyx.mp4.html http://vid166.photobucket.com/albums/u88/StevesZZ5/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000077_zpsgveotqyx.mp4 |
| We are in Eastern Iowa. Wife said the dogs got silly, ran around the house and the Big one wanted outside. They woke her up with their Antics. I wish I had been home, I was at work, in Wisconsin. We had no idea anything occurred, being indoors and machinery running. I love seeing those Meteors come in, pretty cool, a little scary if you think about it. You would not hear the one that killed you. |
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I'm about 50 miles south of Chicago. Here's the dash cam footage from my vehicle. I back into the driveway when I get home, and the cam operates in 720p in parking mode. I wish I could have caught it in 1080p regular mode. Not the best video, but the coolest thing I ever caught on my dash cam. ETA: a direct link to the video, thanks to RR_Broccoli. http://vid166.photobucket.com/albums/u88/StevesZZ5/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000077_zpsgveotqyx.mp4 Very cool! I wish I was awake to have seen it. |
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Who else saw the asteroid go by? Passed Wisconsin about 1:29 lit up the sky like daylight. The sonic booms hit about 3 minutes later. That wouldn't be a go by, that would be a direct hit... Though obviously not large enough to survive the trip all the way to the ground. |
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asteroid?
eta: quick 5 second lesson in astronomy Meteors: http://www.amsmeteors.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/perez.jpg Asteroids: http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2014/09/asteroids-100421951-orig.png Can you type that again, but slower, please? |
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I'm about 50 miles south of Chicago. Here's the dash cam footage from my vehicle. I back into the driveway when I get home, and the cam operates in 720p in parking mode. I wish I could have caught it in 1080p regular mode. Not the best video, but the coolest thing I ever caught on my dash cam. ETA: a direct link to the video, thanks to RR_Broccoli. http://vid166.photobucket.com/albums/u88/StevesZZ5/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000077_zpsgveotqyx.mp4 When I was a kid, 7th or 8th Grade (that was around 88 or 89), my dad and I were on the way home from basketball practice and saw probably the coolest thing that I have ever seen in the sky. I'm looking off to the right and saw a light in the sky that at first I thought was a copter or plane, but it kept getting brighter and bigger. We pulled over and watched as what was eventually verified as a Russian Booster rocket re-entering the atmosphere. It got wide, burst into flames, and left a fiery vapor trail behind it. You could actually see it burning as it went over head. If only cell phone cameras had been invented by then. |
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I'm about 50 miles south of Chicago. Here's the dash cam footage from my vehicle. I back into the driveway when I get home, and the cam operates in 720p in parking mode. I wish I could have caught it in 1080p regular mode. Not the best video, but the coolest thing I ever caught on my dash cam. ETA: a direct link to the video, thanks to RR_Broccoli. http://vid166.photobucket.com/albums/u88/StevesZZ5/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000077_zpsgveotqyx.mp4 Consider contacting the American Meteor Society to see if they can use that footage to help create the orbit of that object. |
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I'm about 50 miles south of Chicago. Here's the dash cam footage from my vehicle. I back into the driveway when I get home, and the cam operates in 720p in parking mode. I wish I could have caught it in 1080p regular mode. Not the best video, but the coolest thing I ever caught on my dash cam. ETA: a direct link to the video, thanks to RR_Broccoli. http://vid166.photobucket.com/albums/u88/StevesZZ5/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000077_zpsgveotqyx.mp4 |
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I'm about 50 miles south of Chicago. Here's the dash cam footage from my vehicle. I back into the driveway when I get home, and the cam operates in 720p in parking mode. I wish I could have caught it in 1080p regular mode. Not the best video, but the coolest thing I ever caught on my dash cam. ETA: a direct link to the video, thanks to RR_Broccoli. http://vid166.photobucket.com/albums/u88/StevesZZ5/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000077_zpsgveotqyx.mp4 Nice video capture! My wife and I were sitting on the shore at the lake one night and saw one streak by. It was perfect. We were looking perpendicular to the flight path, it was dark and clear, and the thing was a massive fire ball. Definitely a sight to see. |
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That's cool as shit! Quoted:
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I'm about 50 miles south of Chicago. Here's the dash cam footage from my vehicle. I back into the driveway, and the cam operates in 720p in parking mode. Not the best video, but the coolest thing I ever caught on my dash cam. http://s166.photobucket.com/user/StevesZZ5/media/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000077_zpsgveotqyx.mp4.html That's cool as shit! |
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If you can find out where the pieces came down and you find some, they are worth big $$. Quoted:
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I heard it came down just outside of Grovers Mill If you can find out where the pieces came down and you find some, they are worth big $$. Heading out there now. I hear there's a big pit that the thing dug and there's a news crew and some Professor from University there to check it out |
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Is this happening more often, or is the proliferation of cameras just making is seem like it is? More cameras and in some cases better tracking. I love going out to the desert to watch the meteor showers. Honestly, things like meteors don't scare me. If a big one hits us, it is pretty much game over and there isn't a damn thing any of us can do about it. Therefore, no reason to stress over it. |
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asteroid?
eta: quick 5 second lesson in astronomy Meteors: http://www.amsmeteors.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/perez.jpg Asteroids: http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2014/09/asteroids-100421951-orig.png
 Rusty and Dale from Vacation |