I am in Woodstock Ontario and I saw the largest shooting star in my life. It was brilliant white core. My father saw the same thing in Simcoe an hour south east of here. It looked to me that it hit somewhere north of here. For almost half an hour the northern horizon was bright almost the sun was just setting. Please tell me someone else saw this too.
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What time was that?
As I saw one going vertical downward as I was heading up Hwy 6 on the mcycle.
Did not see much but had to have been bright as I was approaching a lighted area and it caught my eye. Straight down and centred on the highway which points pretty much north in that area.
Not sure of the time but likely between 11 and midnight.
There are no meteor showers and activity is low in June.
One description pf hundreds posted - must have been big
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No sound, but bright green/blue/white/red, changing colors like the northern lights. Looked like a multi colored fire ball with a long tail
nother one
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white shooting star, explosion of green and white and what looked like a dust cloud that remained 15mins
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Bright enough to draw my attention from the TV and look outside
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Last edited by MacDoc; Jun 15th, 2012 at 03:00 AM.
Hey Macdoc, it was a out 9:30-10 pm the sky near the horizon was just that bright. Though after reading you post I could have been a fireball. If it was a piece of the asteroid, what an amazing show.
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Remember we are close to solstice and it was a very clear night so exceptionally long twilight.
I'm sure you saw what everyone else did a big fireball - they are pretty rare that size.
I've only seen one in that category that cruised the horizon dripping green fire.
The green is copper.
There is one on youtube - not the one you saw but may give a perspective on size
and another good - guy with the camera was good.
someone actually captured the one you saw ( poor footage ) the meteor last night - had to be very bright given the lights he was shooting near while in a vehicle
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I once saw a "fireball" in my teens about this time of year. It wasn't even twilight yet and the sky was still quite bright. It almost looked like it fell into our neighbor's backyard. It actually looked like a fireball all flaming yellow orange and then it broke into several flaming pieces before it extinguished and I guess the remaining pieces hit the earth or just burned up completely.
I saw one like that in the late 1990s over Toronto one night. I could almost imagine it making a noise, but that would have been ridiculous, given the speed of sound.
I spoke to an astronomer at Western University and he said that by some reports it may be one of the biggest in recent memory. They know it hit somewhere and are still searching for it
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Largest shooting star I have ever seen
around 10 pm or a bit earlier.
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