Reports Report 1379eh (Event 1379-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Andrew C |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | There were 5 of us in the garden watching the sky at the time as it was a very clear night so great for star watching, initially we thought the object was a large firework but it was very quickly apparent that it wasn\'t as it travelled across the skyline - it was completely unlike anything any of us had seen before - I\'ve seen hundreds of \'shooting stars\' over the years and this was nothing like that, firstly due to its size as it looked very large and secondly due to its speed as it moved relatively slowly compared to a shooting star, I would compare the speed to be more like slightly slower than the speed of a jet fighter flying over head. I\'ve read a number of reports from across the UK of people seeing the same object and it has been reported on the BBC news etc. the only thing that was different about our sighting was that we heard the noise 3 minutes afterwards whereas none of the other reports I\'ve read mention this, a friend who lives approximately one mile away heard the noise in their house and went outside to see what it was. Feel very lucky to have seen such an event ! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Isle of Man (UK) |
| Latitude | 54° 4' 39.84'' N (54.077733°) |
| Longitude | 4° 44' 29.33'' W (-4.74148°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-09-21 23:00 GMT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-09-21 22:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From left to right |
| Descent Angle | 90° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 39.59617° |
| First azimuth | 83.51116° |
| First elevation | 15° |
| Last azimuth | 264.68106° |
| Last elevation | 23° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Around 3 minutes after seeing the meteor we heard a loud but distant \'thunder clap\' sound that lasted about 3 seconds |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | -1s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | The \'meteor\' had a long trail of orange glow and \'sparkles\' (orange / white), holding my first out at arm\'s length I\'d estimate it be three fists in length - 30 degress ? |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | There werer probably around 10 fragments travelling in perfect unison with the main \'meteor\', they all travelled at a constant speed and in a constant relationship to each other, the fragments were probably 50 times smaller than the main object |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |