* Astronomy

Date: Jan 26 22:32 2009

RE: Meteor sighting Jan 20/09

Blobrana · L

Experts say a meteor that lit up the sky over Alberta likely burned up before reaching the ground.
The bright flash of light was spotted all over northeastern Alberta around 8 p.m. Tuesday.

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Date: Jan 22 06:37 2009

Hi! My kids and I were in the hot tub and we saw it also at about 8:00. It was amazing!

Blobrana · L

No reports as yet.

But, there was a magnitude -10 fireball reported at 02:57 (local time) over southern Alberta on the 21st. Heading West to South.

There are no officially recognised meteor shower streams that the Earth passes through at this time of year, so the current batch of fireballs seen recently are probably sporadic meteors.

(Correction: See Delta-Cancrid meteors)

(Ed ~i assume your location was the Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

-- Edited by Blobrana at 16:35, 2009-01-21

Date: Jan 21 15:23 2009

My kids and I were heading up the chair lift at C.O.P. last evening around 7:45 pm Jan 20th/09 facing SW and saw what apeared to be a meteorite (fire ball) heading south through the sky. Did any one else see this?

Doug