Observer | |
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Name | Joshua C |
Experience Level | 2/5 |
Remarks | I first thought it was a firework, but the trajectory wasn't right, I watched as it arched overhead sparklingly with a very bright white and almost yellowish glow, it faded almost as quickly as it appeared, I waited to see if there was a shockwave from entry but nothing. It was as bright as a firework, sparking as of it was throwing off sparks and left no trail I could note. I observed the moon afterwards and it had a hazey yellowy ring around it, so the yellow may be from the atmosphere. It took me aback, I've never seen anything quite like it, so through googling I found your site to report this. |
Location | |
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Address | Perelle, Saint Saviour (GG) |
Latitude | 49° 27' 37.82'' N (49.460506°) |
Longitude | 2° 37' 49.92'' W (-2.630532°) |
Elevation | 6.345381m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2018-11-21 20:02 GMT |
UT Date & Time | 2018-11-21 20:02 UT |
Duration | ≈3.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up right to down left |
Descent Angle | 261° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 66.23° |
First azimuth | 53.56° |
First elevation | 50° |
Last azimuth | 10.64° |
Last elevation | 35° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
Color | Light Yellow |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | Unknown |
Duration | - |
Length | - |
Remarks | - |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | I first thought it was a firework, I expected it to go bang, but the arc and lack of noise confused me, I then realised it must have been a space object as the trajectory wasn't possible for a firework, by fragmentation, it had bring sparks coming off it like a sparkling firework which I assume was the surface fragmenting. |