东海岸流星让天文爱好者惊叹不已

A possible meteor was spotted streaking above the East Coast as stargazers reported a “bright fireball” illuminating the skies.

可能是一颗流星在东海岸上空划过，观测者报告说一个“明亮的火球”照亮了天空。

The American Meteor Society said that more than 200 reports were received about a glowing white light around 11 p.m. Wednesday. The fireball appeared to rip northwest across the Long Island Sound to Connecticut.

美国流星学会表示，周三晚上11点左右收到了200多份关于白光的报告。火球似乎向西北方向撕裂，穿过长岛海峡到达康涅狄格州。

Among the states that witnessed the possible meteor were Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Virginia.

在可能出现流星的州中，有康涅狄格州、特拉华州、马萨诸塞州、马里兰州、新罕布什尔州、纽约州、北卡罗来纳州、宾夕法尼亚州、罗德岛州、佛蒙特州和弗吉尼亚州。

“I just saw a BLAZING comet/meteor/SOMETHING flash across the sky,” a Queens resident tweeted. “The front cloud of it was a deep bright cerulean, the coma was orange, middle [nucleus?] was white and the tail was yellow.”

一位皇后区居民在推特上写道:“我刚刚看到一颗炽热的彗星/流星/或者其他什么东西划过天空。”“它的前面是深而明亮的天蓝色，晕是橙色的，中间的是核?是白色的，尾巴是黄色的。”

Another Twitter user from Connecticut tweeted: “Who else saw the incredible #meteor around 10:45 tonight?!!! It lit up that whole section of the sky like it was daylight!!! Bright green tail too. Unbelievable!!”

另一位来自康涅狄格州的推特用户写道:“今晚10:45左右，还有谁看到了这颗不可思议的流星?!!它照亮了整个天空，就像白天一样!!明亮的绿色尾巴。难以置信! !”