Reports Report 4292b (Event 4292-2018)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Georgia P |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | It was the strangest thing I have ever seen in the sky! I have seen a meteor from here in the summer and regularly see shooting stars, but this was especially bright and wide and I could see it through cloud, it drew my eye. Then behind it came this apparently floating green hazy semicircle, one end of it was white/ bright and I swore out loud to myself as it almost looked like the curve of some kind of object in the sky and it seemed very large. I was on the porch of my house and turned inside for 10 seconds to switch off the kitchen light to make it darker. The moon is bright tonight and so I wanted to see it better. I watched it seem to dissolve, the green trail fading as the curve seemed to drift apart. I came inside and immediately googled “ meteor or shooting star in Wales just now” and found your website. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Llanfair Caereinion, Wales (GB) |
| Latitude | 52° 38' 5.07'' N (52.634743°) |
| Longitude | 3° 23' 43.16'' W (-3.395321°) |
| Elevation | 310.854095m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2018-10-20 22:00 BST |
| UT Date & Time | 2018-10-20 21:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 79° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | - |
| First azimuth | 219.53° |
| First elevation | 71° |
| Last azimuth | - |
| Last elevation | 54° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -18 |
| Color | Light Yellow, very bright wide streak followed by a green curved trail |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 30s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | I saw the fireball, if that’s what it was through cloud and thought it must be a plane. Then from behind the cloud a green curved (curve facing away from the direction of the fireball) drifted and dissipated over about 30 seconds. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |