DaveH
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Err yes. Best way of laughing at someone for getting the rule wrong is to type a quick message and get it wrong yourself. I did get it right in the discussion at the time. That is my defence and I'm sticking by it!
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Must be changing the bulb tomorrow
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BigPete
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Travelling from Ryhope to Seaham, so looking south, at around 21.15, I saw what I'm pretty sure was a shooting star/meteorite.
Trajectory was around 10 o clock towards 4 o clock.
Very bright white light, travelling very fast and a pretty impressive burn up at the end.
Completely wrong look and feel to be a firework.
It'll be interesting to see if anyone else witnessed it.
Trajectory was around 10 o clock towards 4 o clock.
Very bright white light, travelling very fast and a pretty impressive burn up at the end.
Completely wrong look and feel to be a firework.
It'll be interesting to see if anyone else witnessed it.
Icicle caught in the vortex iirc
Of course. Silly me.
Although it's a multi directional "vortex" of course.
Naturally.
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I did a couple of years ago and it linked the sighting to others that also saw and reported in. From memory, the other sighting was in Ireland, I was in Sunderland at that time which then located the meteor somewhere over the Irish Sea based on the direction of mine and the other.
Good stuff! I think it was a day or so later that I could see the report which was linked to mine. Obviously you’d need someone else to see and report it on there.
Edit: four other reports at the same time as yours. All pending moderation.
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That’s excellent. Must have been a significant one for so many reported sightings. Has anyone posted a photo?
BigPete
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Hopefully
I've seen plenty of the usual shooting stars when over in the lakes, where there's obviously far less light pollution but nothing like last night.
I saw it directly over a well lit Seaham on a particularly moon lit night and it was still very spectacular. A clear streak of white light that culminated in a sort of bulbous flash with what appeared fragments in its wake right at the end.
There's one very faint photo on that site.
DaveH
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I've only seen one like that and it is impressive when it happens. Was out setting up my telescope for some other stuff, beautiful clear night, looked up to the sky overhead and saw this impressive thing. It was similar to what you said, seemed to fragment at the end.
Most spectacular event of its type I've ever seen and the conditions were far from ideal.
And it's such a fleeting moment isn't it?
DaveH
Striker
Yes and always complete fluke if you see it or not. But then wildlife watching is the same. Occasionally you just get a 'oh wow' moment. Might only last a few seconds but impressive anyway.
There are a couple of photos and a video on that site now.
Check out event 8394 - 2022.
Check out event 8394 - 2022.
