American Meteor Society

Reports Report 4156j (Event 4156-2017)

Observer
Name GARETH K
Experience Level 3/5
Remarks -
Location
Address , Wales (GB)
Latitude 53° 20' 43.4'' N (53.345388°)
Longitude 3° 23' 59.19'' W (-3.399776°)
Elevation 3.542616m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2017-11-07 23:05 GMT
UT Date & Time 2017-11-07 23:05 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 177°
Moving
Facing azimuth 344.48°
First azimuth 354.64°
First elevation 85°
Last azimuth 350.41°
Last elevation 35°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -10
Color White a very bright white
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation No
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks It was very bright white and made quite a bug flash and broke up into 3 segment that where not quite as bright and where viable for around 3 seconds.
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks 3 fragmentations after the main flash and lasted around 3 seconds, it was a amazing experience to see, we where night fishing so we where lucky enough to be both looking up an the ends of our fishing rods at the time.