Comments on: Next Meteor Shower – April 2009

By: Meteor

Meteor — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:57:43 +0000

Rheoncz,

You responded to a May 23, 2009 post. But here is your answer for June 28th and most likely a guess. The answer is anywhere between 1 to 5 meteors an hour.

Check out some of the June posts and join me next month for more meteor details.

- Meteor Mark

By: Rheoencz

Rheoencz — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:21:31 +0000

How many meteors were seen on Sunday the 28th of June 2009 in Australia?
because ive looked on alot of websites and it is not there(it is not telling me the answer)

By: Roy

Roy — Wed, 13 May 2009 11:34:53 +0000

I have just returned from New Mexico.

While observing on April 22nd at Villanueva, I saw an unusually bright green fireball streaking across the northwestern sky, from Ursa Major to Gemini.

It was brighter than the full moon, and lit up the sky and ground with its green light for about 30 seconds. This was between 8:30pm and 9:00pm (Mountain Time).

Did anyone else see this?

- Roy

By: Meteor

Meteor — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:47:53 +0000

Alethea,

Thanks for the question.

Check the page on MeteorBlog: Meteor Shower Viewing

There is some information there that will apply to this shower.

The shower peaks on May 6 at 0:00 Universal Time so viewing in the morning of May 5 and May 6 should be a good time, the darkest period of the morning before dawn is best.

- Meteor Mark

By: Alethea

Alethea — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:43:19 +0000

Dear Meteor Mark-

Forgive my ignorance but I am going up to my New Mexico mountain cabin this evening to try to catch the meteor shower-what time in the early hours of 5-5-09 should I get up to watch them. Thank you!

By: Meteor

Meteor — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:58:58 +0000

Nate,

Sounds awesome! Try uploading it to youtube, and I will put it up on the site.

- Meteor Mark

By: nate

nate — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:56:16 +0000

We were camping April 25 at Roosevelt Lake near windy hill and saw a fireball heading west. My friends saw it at least. I later confirmed it when we realized we got it on video. On the video you can even hear the loud boom when it hit. Seems like the meteor hit a couple of hilltops west of windy hill.

By: Meteor

Meteor — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:40:07 +0000

Sean,

You are right! Thanks!

- Meteor Mark

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:45:04 +0000

There are more posts about the AZ fireball from last night (April 28) over on the “Fireball News” page (go to top of this page, upper right hand corner) so I’m going to post my earlier comment above over there where its probably more appropriate. Ifirst ended up on this page after googling “arizona meteor april 28″ and wound up here because of the couple earlier ones. Check them out over there!

By: anna

anna — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:08:45 +0000

yea!!! – i’m not the only one who saw this – I live in payson az and saw the most remarkable ball of fire in the east. – my 12 year old son saw it too – he thought it was a shooting star but there were no stars visable yet. – I have never seen anything like that ever before – what a great experience!

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:03:34 +0000

I too saw the fireball in AZ last night at around 7 pm (I didn’t look at the time).
I was at a high school baseball game in Scottsdale (N. Phoenix) looking E and saw the meteor a little to the NE, falling at slight angle towards the NE. It was bright (I was seeing it through the field lights since I was looking through the outfield) and flickered and darted a little, turning greenish before disappearing. It lasted long enough that I poked the person standing next to me and he looked up and saw it too. It was the brightest one I have seen…

By: Jamie-Sue

Jamie-Sue — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:00:09 +0000

I too saw the, what looked to be a burning fireball in the sky in AZ. I was sitting out back of my Queen Creek home around 7:00pm. Not only did I see it but I also heard it which kinda freaked me out. It was pretty cool tho!! I was hoping someone else had seen this!!! It looked like a burning ball of fire, we could see the flames and all. My poor husbands leg is probably bruised cuz I was tryin to get him to look before it disappeared! lol It sounded like an airplane!!

By: Meteor

Meteor — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:35:34 +0000

Yesenia,

Yes there is. Go to the home page and read the last post: Next Meteor Shower May Be A Great One.

Martha,

Thank you for your post. Sounds like a fireball, there has been a few in the Arizona area over the last 5 days. Pretty cool!

- Meteor Mark

By: Martha Gonzales

Martha Gonzales — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:52:40 +0000

I neglected to mention in my previous message that I live in Kearny, Arizona. The meteor I saw last night around 6:45 p.m. was falling to the East. It was somewhat scary but beautiful–something you expect to see only in the movies. So glad I had the opportunity to see such a beautiful sight.

By: Martha Gonzales

Martha Gonzales — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:47:02 +0000

Yesterday evening, around 6:45 p.m. I saw a beautiful meteor falling across the eastern sky. It was visible until it went behind the mountains and was quite large and bright with a tail. I was hoping others had seen it. It is too beautiful a sight for just one person to see. And yes, I agree that it looked like it was buring.