Reports Report 2801a (Event 2801-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Hunt M |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I hope you guys find it and it has life in it somehow ahaha |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Longton, England (GB) |
| Latitude | 53° 42' 44.61'' N (53.712391°) |
| Longitude | 2° 47' 47.54'' W (-2.796539°) |
| Elevation | 9.2879m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-08-17 02:30 BST |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-08-17 01:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 262° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 83° |
| First azimuth | 95° |
| First elevation | 50° |
| Last azimuth | 65° |
| Last elevation | 45° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red, Brown, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 2° |
| Remarks | The fireball split into a few fragments and there were brief trails of smoke behind each one |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I only noticed it when it flashed white, then it faded into yellow, red and brown then eventually black. It slowed down as it travelled too, and it fragmented |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | After the white flash, the fireball split into about 4 fragments, one was considerably large, probably about half the size of the original. Then the colours of each faded darker, leavibg trails behind themselves, and in a matter of seconds it was all gone |