Reports Report 1711d (Event 1711-2025)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Matthew P |
| Experience Level | 5/5 |
| Remarks | I have been a devoted observer of meteor showers and astronomical events for the last 20 years. I have witnessed thousands of meteors in this time, but this was the most spectacular fireball I have ever seen in person. I was stargazing at the time (as I was primarily attempting to capture the northern lights on camera in between the clouds), and I happened to be facing in the exact direction the meteor appeared from (having just witnessed 2 smaller meteors in the same direction shortly before the fireball occurrence at around 2:41/2:42am UK time). There were fortunately no clouds in the direction the fireball appeared from, and I was lucky to watch its entire flight across the sky. It appeared approximately below Ursa Major and it travelled from North-West to North. The brightness started to increase massively after a couple of seconds and there was a mostly piercing white colour to it. I was with my girlfriend at the time and we both witnessed this event. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Cookham, England (GB) |
| Latitude | 51° 33' 59.42'' N (51.566506°) |
| Longitude | 0° 42' 23.51'' W (-0.706531°) |
| Elevation | 26.726078m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2025-03-22 02:41 GMT |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-03-22 02:41 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 106° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 297.1° |
| First azimuth | 292.86° |
| First elevation | 34° |
| Last azimuth | 336.13° |
| Last elevation | 29° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -9 |
| Color | Light Green, Orange, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The meteor increased greatly in brightness after a couple of seconds of travel, leading up to a piercing bright colour (that may or may not have constituted a flash). |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The meteor may have fragmented at the very end of its travel but it was difficult to determine. |