Reports Report 233bd (Event 233-2019)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Andrew D |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I’ve laid on my back in the Himalayas, I’ve seen shooting stars break up and fragment, taking slightly different trajectories, but I’ve never seen anything like this. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | , England (GB) |
| Latitude | 52° 31' 58.84'' N (52.533011°) |
| Longitude | 2° 25' 16.86'' W (-2.421349°) |
| Elevation | 52.839066m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2019-01-14 21:58 GMT |
| UT Date & Time | 2019-01-14 21:58 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 116° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 205.9° |
| First azimuth | 211.74° |
| First elevation | 50° |
| Last azimuth | 230.82° |
| Last elevation | 25° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -16 |
| Color | Light Blue, Green, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Incredible, it fragmented, like pixels on a screen, like colours dropped in water, swirls, fractals, colours. Not like an object, at speed, breaking up, but like an explosion, in all directions, including back along the way it had traveled. The explosion lasted quarter of a second, if that, but I’ll never forget it. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Like a classic explosion “debris’ traveled in all directions, but like colours dropped in water, it billowed out, unevenly, thickest in the direction of travel. |