Reports Report 1379dp (Event 1379-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Alison J |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | Wecould not work out if it was a meteor or something crashing but the fire went out while it was in the sky. It was very low & quite slow compared to other meteors we have seen. Our first thought was that it was a plane crashing/exploding as it seemed low enough to be a plane. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Burton-on-Trent (UK) |
| Latitude | 52° 43' 48.44'' N (52.730123°) |
| Longitude | 1° 45' 9.95'' W (-1.752765°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-09-21 23:00 WEST |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-09-21 22:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 335.6745° |
| First azimuth | 343.70381° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 280.66118° |
| Last elevation | 30° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | Orange/yellow, looked lik |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | we saw it from inside house so did not hear anything |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 10s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | Glowing train of orange fire, never seenanything like it before so low in sky.it looked like a shower of something burning as it was falling, we thought it might be a plane that was on fire & breaking up as it came down but then it suddenly went out. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | it looked like lots of bits on fire, as if something had broken up |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |