Reports Report 44a (Event 44-2024)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Tim G |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I watch the sky at night on bbc and have seen a shooting star before when I was in the Lake District, this was a meteor but this was so different to what I’ve seen before, it was so close that i could see it in detail with my eyes. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | , England (GB) |
| Latitude | 53° 24' 6.73'' N (53.40187°) |
| Longitude | 2° 21' 29.92'' W (-2.35831°) |
| Elevation | 26m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2024-01-03 23:58 GMT |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-01-03 23:58 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 112° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 253.63° |
| First azimuth | 268.61° |
| First elevation | 12° |
| Last azimuth | 285.79° |
| Last elevation | 1° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | - |
| Color | Green, it was a yellow line but started to glow bright green before disappearing. It was very close the green flames were visible, if there’s anything left of it, I suspect it landed in the farm fields near my house. It was very beautiful and very scary |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It was a small yellow line that caught fire with a bright green flash. the flames were green but didn’t last long before disappearing, I mean the whole thing happened so quickly but the majority of the time it was a yellow line moving down towards earth incredibly fast. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |