Tag: Meteors
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Fireball lights up the skies over Seattle
Corey Clarke’s webcam captured the flash of a meteor. (Courtesy of Corey Clarke via Twitter) It’s cool to see a fireball — but even cooler to capture it on video. At least that’s the way Seattle engineer/photographer Corey Clarke sees it. Clarke’s webcam happened to be pointing in the right direction to record the fireball’s…
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Fireball lights up the skies over the Pacific Northwest, sparking oohs, ahhs and LOLs
A video shot looking out to the west from Jack Clemens’ front porch in Seattle’s West Queen Anne neighborhood shows a fireball lighting up the skies above. Clemens says the flash “woke me right up.” (Image Courtesy of Jack Clemens) What was that flash in Wednesday night’s skies? Westward-looking skywatchers in locales ranging from Oregon…
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How I got this photo of the Perseids meteor shower over Mount Rainier — and tips for watching more
A Perseids meteor and the Milky Way over Mount Rainier. (Photo by Kevin Lisota) For stargazers, this time of the year is always fun when the annual Perseids meteor shower puts on a show. This year, the moon phase cooperated, leaving dark skies for the best viewing conditions, and I headed up to Mount Rainier…
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SpaceX rocket debris recovered from Central Washington farm after fiery fall
The Falcon 9 pressure tank is loaded up for transport after recovery from a Grant County farm. (Grant County Sheriff’s Office) The atmospheric re-entry and breakup of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket upper stage created a fiery display in the skies above the Pacific Northwest a week ago, but not all of those shooting stars…
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Expert skywatchers quickly solve Pacific Northwest’s meteor mystery
The breakup of a SpaceX rocket stage sparks a light show over Seattle. (Cedric Padilla Photo) Was it a meteor? A broken-up satellite? Maybe a UFO? Leave it to an astronomer to identify what caused the light show that was visible over a wide stretch of the Pacific Northwest around 9 p.m. PT tonight. Jonathan…
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NASA says much-anticipated meteor outburst could be a bust for the West Coast
This NASA chart gauges how many meteors are likely to be seen emanating from the Alpha Monocerotid radiant on Thursday night. Blue is good, red is not so good, and white means the radiant won’t be above the horizon during the expected peak of the meteor shower. (NASA Graphic) Skywatchers say parts of the world…
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Skywatchers spot one, maybe two meteor impacts on moon during lunar eclipse
It’s pretty clear by now that a space rock ranging somewhere in size between an acorn and a football hit the darkened moon during Sunday night’s total lunar eclipse. But were there two? Confirmations of the first impact, and reports about the second, have been circulating through the scientific community and the Twitterverse over the…
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Spy satellite launch gets scrubbed? Boo! Meteor explodes in California skies? Yay!
Keri Brooke, vice president of product marketing for Salesforce Analytics Cloud, snapped this picture of the bright streak. “What the heck is this in the sky?” she asked on Facebook. (Keri E. Brooke Photo via Facebook) Rocket fans in California may have been disappointed by tonight’s scrub of a Delta 4 Heavy launch from Vandenberg…
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The moon and meteors light up the night
An Orionid meteor flashes in a 2015 image captured by Marshall Space Flight Center’s all-sky camera in Alabama. (NASA / MSFC Photo) Saturday night’s all right … for skywatching: Tonight’s mostly clear skies over Western Washington should provide a good opportunity to see the peak of the Orionid meteor shower, and a great opportunity to…
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The stars align for a near-perfect Perseid meteor shower: Here’s how to catch it
A Perseid meteor flashes above Mount Rainier in 2016. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) The outlook for this year’s Perseid meteor shower is checking all the boxes. Up to a meteor a minute? Check. Moonless sky? Check. Peaking during the weekend? Check. Clear weather? That even looks like a check mark for Sunday night in…