Drive you mad!

This is a game of words and confusing for some but we are not confused. That object on the footage is classified as a fireball because it is brighter than mag -4.5, this is pretty basic stuff and there is a VERY distinct difference between meteors and fireballs. This was the point of the discussion. NO amateur astronomer on this board who seen an object at mag - 27 say would say they just seen a bright meteor. It is a fireball plain and simple which is the point i am trying to get across.

Martin & Conor,
I've nothing to gain from disagreeing with either of you. You're both excellent observers and are very dedicated to the hobby. I wish everyone had your level of enthusasim and interest in the hobby. We could do with more people like yourself here on these boards. All I'm doing is simply trying to help. If you don't believe me, it doesn't bother me in the slightest. If you don't believe myself, Dave Lillis and the dictionary, I doubt anything else I say will convince you, nor will I try any further. If you like, you could create a poll and ask people here to vote on the matter. Hopefully, that may assist you both.
Anyway, it's clear outside so I'm going out observing for the evening.
Talk later,

Michael i hope i dont sound anyway :evil: . I fully understand where you are seated in this situation and im glad you entered your oponion and thanks for the help
Cheers Conor

Yea i see some clear gaps appearing here so keep an eye out for aurora activity tonight. I want to watch that documentry on BBC1 first though..

Gordon. We are confused, we think we know what were talking about here and to say that were confused about something so simple in a subject which we are very highly into is quite an insult .What do you mean by saying 'you juxtaposed his words'
He was making out that he could say that what he saw on that video was a meteor, which is incorrect. It was a fireball! Of course i know fireballs and meteors are the same things in certain ways. He said a meteor and a fireball was the same thing which is wrong. If you saw a particle brighter than -4 it's a fireball not a meteor. Though they may be made of the same material but there still different!

I know you're confused. That's what I'm to get across to you. However, I am not trying to insult you, just correct a misunderstanding. The definition I gave for a fireball is the official IAU definition, i.e "A fireball is a bright meteor with luminosity which equals or exceeds that of the brightest planets." I don't understand why you are trying to make out that a fireball is something different? It's not. It's just a term used for a particularly bright meteor.

Gordon

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It's a bit like saying "I saw a car" and saying "I saw a Renault Megane".

I don't like those cars Mike... :lol:

Hey! I had a Renault Megane a few years ago. Lovely car!

Gordon

It's good to see that at least two people here have good taste in cars....

I think it was the noted autmotive Engineer Shane Culleton, that called it a ducks a**e of a car. :lol:

regards