Reports Report 2175m (Event 2175-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Noname G |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I didn't compare notes with my friend until the next morning. We both thought the other would have been asleep (we were sleeping out without a tent) and would just be irritated to be woken up with tales of what they missed. Note, we were almost in a rock gully, so we couldn't see it until it appeared almost overhead. My friend said she would report it. I thought I would too, incase we experienced it differently. For example I recall it being mostly orangey, with a long tail of light and 'sparks'. She said she saw green colours. It wasn't anything like an ordinary shooting star that just sort of blips across the sky. This seemed to be much closer, was certainly much much brighter, and way bigger than anything I've seen before. My friend said she immediately looked up meteors on her phone. So if she has search history on, her estimate of the time is more likely to be accurate than mine. It was properly dark, and some time around 10pm. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | , England (GB) |
| Latitude | 50° 13' 49.53'' N (50.230425°) |
| Longitude | 4° 48' 51.56'' W (-4.814321°) |
| Elevation | 9.413859m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-04-17 22:00 BST |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-04-17 21:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 86° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 225.24° |
| First azimuth | 73.56° |
| First elevation | 81° |
| Last azimuth | 292.66° |
| Last elevation | 74° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It looked almost like a firework, or a comic drawing of a shooting star. It definitely had separate flashes of light at it's rear end. It looked like it was breaking up |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | See above. Please note, I'm not entirely sure of the time or the angle. I was with a friend who may also report it, with her interpretation. All I can say is it was a stand out awesome and unexpected event. I guess it lasted about 2 seconds. Enough time to think wow, that's bright enough to take a photo, but not enough time to get out a camera. |