Comments on: Quadrantids Peak Has Passed

By: Meteor

Meteor — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:05:35 +0000

Sue,

Sounds like a fireball or meteor. They can take a horizontal path in the sky and even though it appeared “close” it may have still been very high in the atmosphere, still close enough to make you say, “WOW!”.

Sounds cool!

- Meteor Mark

By: Sue

Sue — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:55:06 +0000

Hi there,

I live north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and on my way home around 6:00 p.m. I saw a meteor (?) just above the treetops going east to west, (horizontally). It was very quick. I just happened to be driving past an open field with a couple of trees, when I turned to look at the sunset, and there it was! It looked like a star with a tail that fizzled out in a few seconds. I have seen shooting stars way up in the sky but never something this close to me! It was a nice Valentine’s gift

By: DAnn

DAnn — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:36:52 +0000

Yea i saw something in the sky me and 3 of my buddies… we figure its a meteor not a ufo.. but we saw only 1 of them and it suddenly appeared in the sky held its position for about 3 seconds then bolted east it was a large glowing orb of light, it appeared and made a perfectly horizontal movement. It was pretty amazing.

By: Meteor

Meteor — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:10:35 +0000

Anne,

The Quadrantids peaked on January 3rd at 12:50 Universal Time which translates to 7:50 AM Eastern Standard Time. So my safest guess is: YES!

The Quadrantids is one of the strongest meteor showers of the year if not the strongest. It was very cold (20 degrees) where I am in CT and I managed to stay out for about 20 minutes. I witnessed almost 25 visible meteors in that period and then the clouds rolled over the sky. The Quadrantids have been known to produce in excess of 120 meteors an hour!

The most popular meteor shower in the USA is the Perseids which occurs during summer months when it is warm outside. Unfortunately the next few months are slow for meteor showers. Bookmark the site and check with me at the beginning of each month for the next meteor shower. There is basically something visible every month of the year. Some are stronger than others.

Stay in touch and keep your head up!

- Meteor Mark

By: Anne

Anne — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:01:59 +0000

Hi Meteor Mark,
I was letting my dogs out at about dawn on Saturday, Jan. 3rd when I saw a light streak in the sky just above the treetops (I don’t mean that it was close in distance, but rather low in the sky) going east to west. The sky was already pretty light. I live in an urban area — Milwaukee, WI.
I have rarely seen meteors. It only see them when I am out in rural areas — and I actually thought they mostly occurred in August!
I started looking on the internet for information on meteor showers. I found your site and am just amazed by the information you have here.
Could I have seen one of the quadrantids meteors?
Thanks. Anne

By: Meteor

Meteor — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:21:54 +0000

Hello Meteor Gazers,

Looks like some people in your area saw it too!

Keep your head up and of course bookmark the site.

- Meteor Mark

By: Rich Maltzman

Rich Maltzman — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:16:58 +0000

Reporting from Andover, MA, USA. 1140PM local time, 3-Jan-09.

My wife and I both saw a bright blue ball with a slightly ‘wiggly’ trail, lasting a couple of seconds, facing south.

Anyone else report this? I reported it on the AMS website.

Just curious.

By: joanharvest

joanharvest — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:58:25 +0000

I just saw a huge meteor at about 11:30 PM Jan 3 2009 my time. I live in Falmouth, Cape Cod, Ma. i was actually shocked as to how big it was.

By: M Mills

M Mills — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:47:07 +0000

100W 31N Observed about 25 meteor’s from 1:30 AM till 4:45 AM Sat. Jan.3rd. All but 1 seemed to radiate from point near Bootes. I enjoy your site.