Reports Report 6808e (Event 6808-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Steve C |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | It was Awesome & Amazing, I've litterally never seen anything like that, out of this world🖖 I was letting the cat 🐾in when I thought out the corner of my eye that I was seeing a glare of reflection of a streetlights amber sodium glow in my glasses, but then turned to see the glowing streaks of what I thought to be a high up slower moving Meteor cluster... thinking about it now...Mmmmmm, the only thing that I can compare it to is when that Spaceshuttle broke up on re-entry, mmmmmm; I don't know though, I assumed that it was a Meteor, as it was peak time for Leonids meteor shower observations ¿ I just hope that other people may have seen it, and/or gotten a shot or even footage of the flying Sparks. It was Epic, whatever it turns out to be. If it's space junk then I apologise for wasting your time, but I really thought I'd seen something very Spectacular & Extraordinary. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Sheffield, England (GB) |
| Latitude | 53° 21' 55.51'' N (53.365419°) |
| Longitude | 1° 24' 20.88'' W (-1.405801°) |
| Elevation | 141.068192m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-11-18 04:45 GMT |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-11-18 04:45 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down right to up left |
| Descent Angle | 347° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 290° |
| First azimuth | 290° |
| First elevation | 70° |
| Last azimuth | 108° |
| Last elevation | 45° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -5 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | Glowing trail... looked like 2 main trains accompanied by several smaller ones all moved at a similar velocity & trajectories, then as it reappeared from the rear roof that blocked my line of sight for a couple of seconds, it seemed like 3 main glowing chunks with many offshoots. Later I saw a white meteor, heading the opposite direction, it streaked/fizzled out in about 0.25 seconds & only appeared to travel 40° distance before it vanished out of clear sight... 🌟The strange previous event was still going strong as it passed behind the neighbours rooftop. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It slowly broke apart as it was disintergrating... bit like a welding torch but 50% less bright; it was cloudy though |