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I still do astrophotography - but nothing will ever top the broad daylight bolide I saw over France 30 years ago aged 10 or so - huge blue fireball labouring it

I still do astrophotography - but nothing will ever top the broad daylight bolide I saw over France 30 years ago aged 10 or so - huge blue fireball labouring its way across the sky before disintegrating in an explosion as bright as the sun. I actually dropped to my knees in awe, the garbage I was carrying utterly forgotten.

defrost 4y ago
Can I recommend: Desert Fireball Network (Curtin University) http://fireballsinthesky.com.au/ http://fireballsinthesky.com.au/ https://gfo.rocks/blog.html https://gfo.rocks/blog.html One way amateurs can help is by setting up a meteor detection system and engaging in a little citizen science. A few years ago this was an expensive task, but now with a Raspberry Pi and some simple electronic parts it’s much easier. https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/diy/raspberry-pi-meteor-detector/ https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/diy/raspberry-pi-m...
mym1990 4y ago
I wonder what percentage of people will go a whole lifetime without seeing a bolide, or even a shooting star. Dark sky areas are harder and harder to come across as well, and I bet looking up at the sky for a few minutes is becoming more of a rarity as well.
- Pompidou 4y ago
  Even with pure Sky, a lot of people don't look up. I think its more a matter of education. We have to learn to young people to watch the Sky, and how to watch it (being able to identify stars, constellations, the ecliptic plane, ...).
- madaxe_again 4y ago
  Plenty. I live in a very dark sky area - about 2 bortle - and I threw a small star party for some local friends and their friends. They were astonished when I pointed out that you can see satellites, and there was some lively debate over whether the milky way was just a cloud. It just isn’t important to most people. It’s understandable - our gods used to be in the sky - now they are on the television.

defrost 4y ago

Can I recommend: Desert Fireball Network (Curtin University) http://fireballsinthesky.com.au/ http://fireballsinthesky.com.au/ https://gfo.rocks/blog.html https://gfo.rocks/blog.html One way amateurs can help is by setting up a meteor detection system and engaging in a little citizen science. A few years ago this was an expensive task, but now with a Raspberry Pi and some simple electronic parts it’s much easier. https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/diy/raspberry-pi-meteor-detector/ https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/diy/raspberry-pi-m...

mym1990 4y ago

I wonder what percentage of people will go a whole lifetime without seeing a bolide, or even a shooting star. Dark sky areas are harder and harder to come across as well, and I bet looking up at the sky for a few minutes is becoming more of a rarity as well.

Pompidou 4y ago
Even with pure Sky, a lot of people don't look up. I think its more a matter of education. We have to learn to young people to watch the Sky, and how to watch it (being able to identify stars, constellations, the ecliptic plane, ...).
madaxe_again 4y ago
Plenty. I live in a very dark sky area - about 2 bortle - and I threw a small star party for some local friends and their friends. They were astonished when I pointed out that you can see satellites, and there was some lively debate over whether the milky way was just a cloud. It just isn’t important to most people. It’s understandable - our gods used to be in the sky - now they are on the television.