I was looking out of my window facing north and saw the meteor growing I watched it for about 10 secs before I realised it was a meteor, the longest sighing of a meteor I have seen
Location
Address
, England (GB)
Latitude
53° 57' 31.64'' N (53.958788°)
Longitude
2° 1' 47.91'' W (-2.029976°)
Elevation
104.917938m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2020-07-21 01:20 BST
UT Date & Time
2020-07-21 00:20 UT
Duration
≈20s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
141°
Moving
Facing azimuth
345.82°
First azimuth
333.15°
First elevation
64°
Last azimuth
354.77°
Last elevation
1°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-26
Color
very bright to start with then it turned green, then it seemed to explode in fragments of bright red just before going below the horizon
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
it grew in size as it got very bright, then it turned bright green for a few seconds, then it expanded and fragmented into bright red rocks simlar to a firework
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
as fragmentation happened you could still see the red rocks falling below the horizon for a few seconds
