Sunday, March 24, 2013
Did you see a flash in the sky? We are getting reports of a possible meteor across the East Coast, including Rhode Island. Share your pictures or accounts here.
A meteor might have flown across Rhode Island on Friday night. Twitter "lit up" with possible meteor sighting as far south as Virgina and as far north on Boston on Friday night around 8 p.m. By 10 p.m., the American Meteor Society (AMC) reported that it is investigating 436 reports of a fireball, including a report in Rhode Island. A meteor sighting was reported at 7:46 p.m. today in Cumberland that described the color as white with trailing orange sparks. At around 8 p.m. on Friday, the Weather Channel tweeted "Meteor observed over the skies of Manhattan within the past few minutes." Twitter users also reported sightings in Boston, Washington D.C. and New Jersey. "It was traveling then all the sudden there was a green flash around it …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
EarthSky.org is saying that because there will be no moon, 2012 will be a great year to see this meteor shower.
The final major meteor shower of the year, the Geminid meteor shower 2012, will peak overnight on Thursday, Dec. 13, into Friday morning and if you are willing to stay up late you should be able to see a great show. NASA reports that the Geminids is a relatively young meteor shower, with the first sightings occurring in the 1830s with rates of about 20 per hour. Over time, the rate of visible meteors has increased and now viewers can expect to see 80 and 120 meteors per hour at its peak. Earthsky.org reports viewers can begin to watch the Geminids starting at 9 or 10 p.m. on Thursday. The peak will likely be between 1 to 3 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 14. That’s when the shower’s radiant point is highest in the sky as seen around the world. "With…
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Shooting stars will be flying early in the morning in Tiverton and Little Compton. The Orionids meteor shower promises to be a show worth watching.
Stay up late and watch the skies light up tonight. After Friday night's washout with rains and thunderstorms, the skies will be clear and ripe for viewing the annual Orionids meteor shower. The shower should be at its peak the night of Saturday, Oct. 20, until just before dawn on Oct. 21. This year, the moon will be setting at approximately midnight, which will keep the sky darkened enough that—barring cloud cover—you should be able to see up to 15 meteors per hour. The offspring of Halley's Comet, the meteors, are about to put on quite a show in the skies of Tiverton and Little Compton. Earth began to pass through a stream of debris from Halley's Comet beginning Oct. 15, which gives haven't noticed much up until tonight. What makes this …
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12:39 pm on Wednesday, March 27, 2013
High rock? can you say coyote dinner. I live very close and hear then all the time from that direction. more ›