I often sit out on nights weather permitting as I live in a remote part of the Pennines so its ideal for spotting stars etc ...very dark sky ...but I was in a loading shovel with a glass roof so seeing this first I thought it was a plane ''jet fighters ''..then I realised what it was so watched it pass over usually they are quick streaks and gone in a split second but this was different as it got brighter till it flashed then broke up into bits and headed ground wards just a bove the moor wall ''2 fields away '' I recon its rough area of impact would have been some where between richmond and barnard castle maybe nearer to me but I have seen one many years ago in day light headed in from the east heading west .a smoky fire ball and it was thought to have landed some where near hamsterley forest ..but it was lower in the sky when first sighted then this was this seemed to be coming in on a steeper angle almost straight above and the a 150 degree sweep down till destruction above horizon ..well worth being out working late to see one so good
Location
Address
Healey (GB)
Latitude
54° 11' 42.45'' N (54.195126°)
Longitude
1° 46' 42.51'' W (-1.778474°)
Elevation
297.548004m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2015-04-26 21:15 BST
UT Date & Time
2015-04-26 20:15 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
166°
Moving
Facing azimuth
316.43°
First azimuth
341.81°
First elevation
73°
Last azimuth
299.64°
Last elevation
17°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-17
Color
Light Yellow, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
it was coming to bits as it headed to the horizon the bits seemed to be leaving trails like a old smoky plane does
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
soon after it passed over head it was like a strip light then a flash and it broke up into 3-5 parts and headed ground ward ...looking in a northerly direction it was close to the horizon on break up
