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Remarks |
Date 21.2.17
Time 0024 GMT
Lat 53.725, Long -1.860
Two observers (C.Ingham and self) facing South.
GREEN fireball - the greenest I have ever seen. No other colours detected.
Approx app Mag -5
No sounds, no fragmentation.
Track First sighted ~2 deg south of Denebola (beta leonis).
Movement, slightly East of directly south, almost perpendicular to horizon.
Track appeared to wink out in the Corvus/Crater region.
Track length: approx 25 deg
Speed: quite fast for a fireball but quite slow for a meteor.
Duration of observation: ~3 sec.
Variablitity: Object faded and rebrightened 2 sec into its track. This may or may not (50% estimated chance) have been due to a thicker band of cloud (see below) rather than intrinsic.
Ionization trail: none clear - may have been lost in haze.
Note: Sky was covered in mostly uniform thin cirrus haze which gave the fireball a small green halo (disc not ring). |
