Reports Report 7525c (Event 7525-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | E A |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I've seen shooting stars before but they were nothing like this was. I almost wondered if it was a bit of a plane coming down on fire but there was only one of it and no sound at all. Lost sight of it behind our neighbours' house but it looked really close- again nothing like the shooting stars I've seen before which always seem tiny, high up and distant. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | , Scotland (GB) |
| Latitude | 57° 24' 6.37'' N (57.401769°) |
| Longitude | 2° 7' 58.27'' W (-2.132853°) |
| Elevation | 47.578419m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-11-30 17:35 GMT |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-11-30 17:35 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 258° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 356.66° |
| First azimuth | 353.98° |
| First elevation | 22° |
| Last azimuth | 347.11° |
| Last elevation | 9° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
| Color | white in the centre spitting yellow and orange behind it and out to the sides |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | it had a tail that only lasted as long as it lasted, more yellowy orange than the thing itself |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It looked like it was spraying bits of itself off to the sides, like spitting sparks sort of thing. I would have said it was a firework but there was no sound, no smell, and the angle was totally wrong for that to have been what it was- coming down out of the sky. We're in a very rural area, I would definitely have heard a firework go off nearby (we ALWAYS hear them even from miles away and this was silent) and for it to be that size above our house it would have also had to be very close. It was going in a straight line, quite fast, spraying sparks out to the sides and behind it in a tail as it came down. |