I’ve seen lots of shooting stars before (thanks Yorkshire dales dark skies!) but this was very different, looked much ‘lower’ very distinctly orange/yellow and much bigger. It was very quick and I think I was just lucky to look up at the right time (I was trying to spot the street’s resident owl). My horizon levels might be a bit sketchy as it was just above a large tree I was looking over the top of so hard to reference to the horizon. I’d be very interested to have it confirmed as a fireball sighting
Location
Address
Gargrave, England (GB)
Latitude
53° 58' 52.89'' N (53.981359°)
Longitude
2° 6' 21.23'' W (-2.105898°)
Elevation
113.996742m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2022-09-13 20:20 BST
UT Date & Time
2022-09-13 19:20 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
99°
Moving
Facing azimuth
204.16°
First azimuth
203.63°
First elevation
47°
Last azimuth
226.77°
Last elevation
61°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-12
Color
Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
6s
Length
8°
Remarks
Illuminated train that slowly faded (over up to about 10 seconds), train also had an orange almost glittery glow (although the glittery might have been more my shock at seeing it I suppose!)
