Comments on: Next Meteor Shower – The Orionids – October 2009

By: Georgina

Georgina — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:26:23 +0000

Saw a fireball flying through the sky tonight, could this be one – it’s a little later than you predicted

By: montana hunter

montana hunter — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:06:27 +0000

At about 6:30-45ish on the morning of Sunday the 25th the entire sky lit up for a split second. We were hunting in central Montana and about 10 different people that were in different areas of the mountains all saw the same thing at the same time….. Could this possibly be a meteor from the Orionid Showers?

By: coopdog

coopdog — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:51:08 +0000

My mom n dad seen a huge fireball in the sky last night… they thought it was a plane on fire…. Birmingham England!

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:53:22 +0000

I live in Dungannon, Ontario, Canada. The morning of October 25, 2009 around 6:30 am I noticed two large bright objects coming down from the east in the sky. Are these meteors?

Cheryl

By: Ray

Ray — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:58:57 +0000

I live in Louisiana and I’ve seen 14 meteors between the times 1a.m. and 3a.m. Was a great show to watch. Hopefully I see more tomorrow morning!

By: Eleanor Dooks

Eleanor Dooks — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:08:53 +0000

I saw one from Ayr, on the West coast of Scotland this evening at about 7pm local time. A long, bright fall. Anyone else notice it?

By: Kevin Brown

Kevin Brown — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:47:31 +0000

Thanks for sharing! There were predictions yesterday that the higher than normal Orionid meteor rates, would continue for a couple more days. So it’s good to read your report.
ATB

By: mooncrazy

mooncrazy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:25:23 +0000

Saw about ten this morning, Friday and thought it was way late. This was about 4:30 am PST. Can’t wait for the Leonids in Dec.

By: ynkee

ynkee — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:00:11 +0000

Live in the NE U.S. and stayed up til 4 a.m. on the morn of 10/21. Only saw two. VERY DISAPPOINTED. And it’s not very often that we have such gorgeous weather conditions for viewing here. I have a feeling the show started when I went to sleep.

Now, I don’t think I have the energy to wake up before dawn 10/22 to catch what is probably the last best showing of this year.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:44:51 +0000

Just wondering if anyone else in Arizona saw.

At precisely 4:00am, (11:00 UTC), in Phoenix, (I checked my cell phone), an extraordinarily bright meteor streaked the sky from far east to far west. It appeared somewhere south of Canis Minor and burned out in the west about 30 degrees above the horizon. What a show!
Cheers.