Reports Report 5636m (Event 5636-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Amie M |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I wrote that in the last section. But I'll write it again just to be sure. I didn't look at the time when I saw the Comet, I thought it was a UFO!! I have always gone out to watch meteor showers, but have NEVER seen anything this big before - I estimate it was 50- 75 times larger than a shooting star. I have a condition called Dyspraxia so it makes it difficult to understand how to fill in the data on this site. But I was facing East, looking out the window, my friend had just taken a photo of us at 1.40am. Then he got up to make tea so it was approximately between 1.40 and 2am that I saw the fireball. It appeared over half way above the horizon, in the center of my vision and travelled East - the same direction I was facing so I did not see a long tail/trail however I did see a small tail as it appeared to move ever so slightly North but mostly East. The tail was bright but short, due to the angle I viewed it from and the angle it was traveling. Someone witnessing this from the South or North may have seen a much longer tail, the whole event lasted no more than 2 or 3 seconds max. It was AMAZING 🤩 Please could you report back to me if anyone else observed this event? I would really appreciate some confirmation of what I saw, It felt like a very special experience and I felt honoured to witness it. Many thanks. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Brighton and Hove, England (GB) |
| Latitude | 50° 50' 52.91'' N (50.848031°) |
| Longitude | 0° 6' 53.13'' W (-0.114757°) |
| Elevation | 43.756992m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-09-24 02:00 BST |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-09-24 01:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down right to up left |
| Descent Angle | 355° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 257.14° |
| First azimuth | - |
| First elevation | 49° |
| Last azimuth | 24.65° |
| Last elevation | 65° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -10 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 15° |
| Remarks | Okay, so I have a condition called Dyspraxia, and I've found it really hard to understand this data entry page. I was inside flat 47 Ryelands Drive I saw the fireball comet through the window sometime between 1.40am and 2am (I didn't think to look at my clock but was able to make this approximate estimation based on a photograph we took at 1.40am it was shortly after this.) I was facing East, the fireball was huge and very bright, but I don't think it was as bright as Venus. It didn't cross my line of sight it seemed to be travelling East with a slight tilt to the North. So it appeared and travelled away from my line of sight rather than across. Because I was facing East and it was traveling East. Make sense? So the tail was very short due to it appearing and travelling in the same direction I was facing. The tail lasted about a second the whole event was no more than 3 seconds. If someone looking from the North or South they probably would have seen a longer tail. Hope that makes sense. It was very, very big compared to a shooting star, my estimate is that it was at least 50 - 75 times larger than a shooting star. It's hard to say if it was brighter than the moon because it was so fast but it was very bright. The head of the comet appeared to be almost perfectly spherical. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |