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Irish Astronomers Investigate Sky Explosion
puroresu writes "Astronomers in Ireland have appealed to the public to contact them with eyewitness accounts of a massive explosion in the sky over the country. From the BBC: 'Astronomy Ireland chairman David Moore said: "So far, reports have been registered by residents in west Cork, Kerry, Cavan and as far north as Donegal, thus suggesting that this spectacular event may have been witnessed by people all over the country. In the past two decades there have been two major explosions in the skies over Ireland. When we investigated these, we were able to conclude that one was a Russian military satellite that exploded over the country, and the other was a rock from space."'"
It could be leprechauns.
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Of all the spots our new overlords can land, they coose *Ireland?* Geesh.
Learn geography. Ireland in not in the UK, Northern Ireland is, but the Republic of Ireland isn't.
I can't help but think of Robin Williams calling up with his drunken Irish golfer accent to explain "a huge fuckin' fireball in tha sky".
Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
Too bad the Leviathan of Parsonstown is not in operation and they let it rot, maybe they'd have been able to track it properly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_of_Parsonstown
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosions_in_the_Sky
And what exactly are they doing with weather balloons?
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... it was just my iPod exploding. Again.
I saw it from my parents basement
"a rock from space" does not seem advanced astronomy terminology to me....
and the other was a rock from space
A meteor, in other words?
Damn idiocracy.
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It was too close to a campfire.
The problem with firing the afterburners over Ireland is finding the country again afterwards.
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From the article:
"This was actually the planet Jupiter and it can be characterised by being by far the brightest star in the entire night sky," he said.
That's gonna really follow that astronomer around for a long time...
The sky is exploding! The sky is exploding!
Property is theft.
God just bent over
Rather than letting the bloody CANADIANS take 'em over.
The Russians have won. They have made the world a cesspool of distrust, greed, fear and hate.
..cuz in Ireland where are you going to find 3 wise men and a virgin?
It's just Saint Guinness starting up his brewery in heaven to make the angels tipsy and put ole St. Patty at ease. The clouds & harps must be gettin a'borin up thar.
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver --Proverbs 25:11
Well, yes there is: http://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com/msg77530.html So, a meteorite, or if you read the BBC papers, a "space rock." Let's at least pretend we care about the news, not being our usual, fitful selves.
Two good observations are sufficient for triangulation. CCD equipped all-sky cameras and run-of-the-mill security cameras are watching about everywhere. Without multiple images, here's a trajectory analysis based on sound (sonic booms?) at seismic stations.
Obi-Wan: "I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were sudden
I saw a rather spectacular meteor probably five hours later over east Texas. It was low (appeared to be below the clouds) and very bright.
The only more impressive one I've seen was during the Perseids shower in 1998, one left a visible trail of dust/smoke/whatever.
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Call these guys, they'll know what to do.
Leprechaun 4.
I have been following a documentary where they found Atlantis in another Galaxy and there are life sucking aliens investation there.
That's an interesting way of saying it's across the Atlantic and it's a popular tax haven.
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This appeal was made shortly after the conclusion of the Union of Irish Astronomer's annual convention, which apparently ended following an "outdoor ice cream social and drinking contest".
All Irish astronomers, like all the Irish are drunk all day!
When looking over all the responses to your post, I am reminded that there are certain buttons you can push in a geek which make them jump like the floor was electrified. Rushing to split a hair they bloody well know doesn't need splitting is a classic response in the attention-starved smart-kid. "Look at me! I'm still the smartest kid in the room! Love MEEEE!"
--Tends to happen when you take a smart kid who traded on brain power to win easy love as a child, but who then got dumped into one of those special "gifted" programs where all the other little Einsteins went to engage in the perpetual IQ cage-match with the teacher's "love" being the prize.
-FL
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