Observer | |
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Name | Alister M |
Experience Level | 3/5 |
Remarks | It happened quickly, and I discounted fireworks given the angle and speed and there was no noise. I have since read that areas in the northern highlands experienced a loud `sonic boom` around 8pm and they mentioned meteors and fireballs . I know the time was around 7 54pm when I witnessed the fireball as I took a couple of photos of a cruise ship going down the Loch around 2 mins later at 7 56pm from the same location. So the report of a sonic boom sound from the Northern Highlands does not surprise me as the track of the fireball was heading towards Ullapool, I said to my wife I was expecting some kind of noise but maybe we were to far away from the actual fireball and we had gone back inside at approx. 758pm, maybe 3 to 4mins after the flash. |
Location | |
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Address | , Scotland (GB) |
Latitude | 56° 48' 45.79'' N (56.81°) |
Longitude | 5° 6' 41.67'' W (-5.11°) |
Elevation | 80.14m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2019-09-17 19:54 BST |
UT Date & Time | 2019-09-17 18:54 UT |
Duration | ≈3.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up right to down left |
Descent Angle | 262° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 23.76° |
First azimuth | 70.68° |
First elevation | 60° |
Last azimuth | 345.29° |
Last elevation | 29° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -9 |
Color | Green, Orange, Yellow |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | Unknown |
Remarks | - |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | Yes |
Duration | 1s |
Length | 6° |
Remarks | green / yellow trail |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | It started very bright and diminished and was a yellow and green colour and would estimate that it was approx. 1/10th the size of a full moon |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Unknown |
Remarks | - |