Reports Report 5538aer (Event 5538-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Robert F |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I am a keen airplane observer, which this was not, I was home three minutes after event and wrote down exactly what I'd seen. Living in Blairgowrie we see a lot of shooting stars etc, with clear unpolluted skies, this was the most spectacular burn up I have ever seen and the largest by far. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Blairgowrie and Rattray, Scotland (GB) |
| Latitude | 56° 35' 6'' N (56.584999°) |
| Longitude | 3° 19' 59.25'' W (-3.333124°) |
| Elevation | 70.415657m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-12-31 17:33 GMT |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-12-31 17:33 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 71° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 161.49° |
| First azimuth | 111.44° |
| First elevation | 30° |
| Last azimuth | 204.2° |
| Last elevation | 31° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -27 |
| Color | Core white, edges bluey grey |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Long thick Bright white light edged bluey green, after about seven seconds it fragmented into three pieces, two of equal size then a smaller single piece, after another two seconds the lights went out, but I saw a continuation of two vertical black lines for a further second where the two larger fragments were. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | As above |