|
Remarks |
I saw a meteor last night (2011July12) at approximately 10pm EDT (between 9:51pm and 10:07pm, but I believe it was right at 10pm) in Manhattan, New York City, NY. I was laying in a lounge chair on my building\'s roofdeck in Manhattan (14th Street, 6th/7th Avenues), looking straight up at the sky (and on a mobile phone call which lasted 17 mins). My body was facing to the south of Manhattan, but I was lying flat on my back looking almost straight up (~90 degrees). What was clearly a meteor/shooting star, flashed across the sky, slightly to the east of where I was looking straight up in the sky, but relatively high up in the sky (maybe about 20-30 degrees east of where I was looking??). I believe the meteor moved from above and streaked down towards the north-east direction (but it might have gone in the opposite direction, i.e., coming from the northeast). It was fantastic. A bright, circular burst, then moving in a bright line before trailing out. The line/trail was not that long. The streak (line) lasted for only one to two seconds at most (possibly less) as the meteor moved across a small piece of the sky. I believe the color was relatively white. I exclaimed, \"Oh, my G-d!\" interrupting my phone call when I saw the meteor flash and streak across the sky. Would have missed it if I hadn\'t already been looking up. I asked the person on my phonecall to hold on, so that I could take a second to process what I had just seen and, honestly, to make a wish on a shooting star. Hope these details help. (I know I may sound like an amateur!)
Please contact me directly if you want more info or if you have more info to share with me!
Best wishes. |
