A bright object spotted moving across the sky on a sunny, bright morning in Ottawa was a meteor.
Terry Kaye sent video to CTV News Ottawa showing the object traveling across the sky at 10:06 a.m. Sunday morning. Cai was driving along Moodie Drive near Hunt Club Road when the dashcam captured the object.
A Bell Media employee reported seeing a meteor around the same time, saying it looked like a “shooting star, but with a red/orange/yellow tail.” One person on Twitter reported seeing a small meteor while looking northwest toward Gatineau.
Saint Mary’s University Professor Dr. Robert Tucker, Canada Research Chair in Computational Astrophysics, tells CTV News Ottawa that the object flying across the sky was likely a meteor.
Thacker adds that the meteor is likely part of the southern Delta Aquarius meteor shower that peaked this weekend.
NASA says the meteors can be seen coming from the direction of the constellation Aquarius and the area best seen in the southern hemisphere, as well as the southern latitudes of the northern hemisphere.
The Perseid meteor shower will peak in mid-August, considered the best meteor shower of the year, according to NASA.
With files from CTV News writer Michael Lee
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