Reports Report 3712w (Event 3712-2016)

Observer
Name Stuart B
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks It was awesome!
Location
Address Worthing, England (GB)
Latitude 50° 48' 42.3'' N (50.811749°)
Longitude 0° 23' 55.69'' W (-0.398804°)
Elevation 8.774177m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2016-10-02 19:44 BST
UT Date & Time 2016-10-02 18:44 UT
Duration ≈20s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 96°
Moving
Facing azimuth 89.61°
First azimuth 92.16°
First elevation 65°
Last azimuth 85.08°
Last elevation 60°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -9
Color Orange, Yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 4s
Length 75°
Remarks There were actually two separate fireballs, they were parallel to each other but one was slightly behind the other. For the naked eye there was a gap between them of a couple of centimetres. The balls were a mixture of yellow and orange with bits breaking off of both fireballs. If a normal shooting star is a width of a finger both of these were the size of a fist. The trails were yellow in colour.
Terminal flash
Observation Unknown
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks As above items were breaking off the fireballs and burning up.