Observer | |
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Name | Bart F |
Experience Level | 3/5 |
Remarks | I've noticed it at around 5:35pm as early as it started burning entering the atmosphere from the East (I was watching the moon at the time it looked like an airplane for a few seconds, barely moving light heading in my direction first appeared on the bottom-right from the moon, my exact location is shared in this tweet: https://twitter.com/porty_edinburgh/status/947522966635667461 ). The spot was brighter than the current large moon but there was no large flash. It was burning steadily for 5-10 second then it broke up into at least 4 large pieces each with it's own trail, again no flash here. All dissappeared within further 5 seconds heading West toward Glasgow. |
Location | |
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Address | Edinburgh, Scotland (GB) |
Latitude | 55° 57' 49.99'' N (55.963887°) |
Longitude | 3° 7' 34.81'' W (-3.126336°) |
Elevation | 2.138746m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2017-12-31 17:35 GMT |
UT Date & Time | 2017-12-31 17:35 UT |
Duration | ≈20s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From down left to up right |
Descent Angle | 12° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 137.87° |
First azimuth | 88.86° |
First elevation | 35° |
Last azimuth | 293.31° |
Last elevation | 56° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -18 |
Color | Between yellow and green (I'm colourblind). |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | Yes |
Duration | 2s |
Length | - |
Remarks | At least 4 strong trails visible after meteor broke up into pieces. |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | It broke up into at least 4 visible pieces right as it was passing above me, I had a great perspective. There was definitely no loud noise heard in Edinburgh, I was on a quiet part of Portobello Beach with no waves and dark sky. |