UK Major Meteor Outburst Seen 12JAN2012
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UK Major Meteor Outburst 12JAN2012
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| Proposed Approximate Path of Travel by astronmer David Entwistle, UK |
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Bayfordbury Allsky Camera 12JAN2012
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12JAN2012
Roy Duggan
Virginia Water, UK
18:17 +/- 3min GMT
3 secs
E-W I was syiing in on the A30 traffic facing South West and the meteor appeared to go left to right at about 30deg above horizon
one bright and light and string of smaller less bright all tracking in same direction looked like was breaking up
somewhere between venus and moon small but quite bright
yes
was at well lit junction with limited view of the sky the overall track could have been more than the few seconds that it was visbile - Amazing I saw something similar at 9years old that left a life long intrest in astronomy
12/1/2012
Phil Rudd
Popham, Hampshire, UK
18:30 GMT ish
1 sec
Facing SW, from overhead to SW
Light coloured tail then big flash
Flash like big firework
None seen
Never seen anything like it; must be what a fireball is. Lucky I saw it as in car on M3 southbound.
12/1/2012
Martin
Newark, Notts, UK
18.17
3 seconds maximum
Straight down North to South Verticle
Green turning Orange
fuzzy brighter than any star, tangible width, 4 times Venus easy
looked fuzzy, no fragmentation
biggest I have ever seen by a long way, observed looking south appeared to be heading straight downwards. Really significant sighting, glad I was sober.
12/1/2012
alg
newport,isle of wight, uk
21
8-9secs
w-e
orange-red. fizzle sound
burning red
yes
very low
12/1/2012
Ashton Smith
Gloucester, Kingsway, UK
18:05:00
About 5-7 seconds
North, then down
What i saw was a bright green object which flickered several times between the colours green and orange then after 3 seconds it turned completely bright orange/yellow and disappeared
Wasnt as bright as the sun but was more visible than the moon on a good night and definitely more brighter than Venus!!
Nope the closest thing to that was that it was flickering
It was amazing! By far the coolest thing ive seen in a while! I would like to know more about it if anybody reads this. At first i thought it was a flare but it definitely wasnt!
12JAN2012
Kevin Conway
Newry, Co Down, UK
7:55
2-ish seconds
South
white / blue
About as bright as Moon
no
.
12th Jan 2012
Jay
A3 south of Tolworth, UK
18:20:00
3 seconds
NNE-SSW
Bright white trail end with amber/red "pop"
Brighter than Stars, was in a well lit area.
None seen
Single trail of bright light which ended in an explosive pop before extinguishing.
12JAN2012
Chris McClellan
West Hoathly, West Sussex UK
18:30 gmt
5-10sec
Left to Right
White, with oragnge head
like a firework
no
SW @ 228 degrees
12JAN2012
Glenno
North London/Caledonian Road, UK
18:20ish
2ish seconds
looking south, left to right
i saw streak of green then red.. then almost a pop as it dissapeared
quite bright.. a green venus
cant say i noticed any
almost a pop or a puff when it disapeared
12JAN2012
Kayleigh Ingram
Reading, England
18:15ish
about 3 seconds
left to right diagonal downwards
white then green, then appeared to fizzle out
moon - white-ish yellow, then green
not that i could see
wondered if i was losing my mind! but others saw it too. It was amazing!
12JAN2012
Eray
Sevenoaks M25 motorway, UK
18:15:00
2-4 secs
north to south
Green Tail Red/Orange flash when disappeared
Venus/Like fireworks
no
Amazing at first i was like that firework appeared out of the sky then i acknowledged its travelling sideways like across the sky, then i was like woah its gonna hit earth what do i do lol. amazing
12JAN2012
Paul Gent
Caerwent, GWENT WALES, UK
18:15PM GMT
2-5 seconds. Happened very quickly. A streak then it appeared to explode.
I was travelling East so it appeared N-S or Right to left outside my lefet hand drivers window
Yellow streak and flash of orange orange. Seemed very close then normal shooting stars I have seen. Seemed close to the earth.
Same as the sun or when a firework explodes.
Could not tell as I was travelling in the car and it was dark.
n/a
12Jan2012
Sarah Crompton
Near Bicester, Oxfordshire, UK
18.12 (GMT)
5 seconds (maybe)
Left to right
Large white glow with trail shooting at approx 45 degrees through the night sky (thought it was a large shooting star) but then it grew larger and glowed bright green with a long trail; it then grew smaller and disappeared before reaching the horizon
Brighter than venus, looked very close adn spectacular
Couldn't see that detail
I was travelling down the A43 towards the junction 10 of the M40, this appeared in the sky directly in front of me quite low down and looked liek it was heading towards Oxford.
12/1/2012
John Fenton
Oxfordshire, UK
18:20ish
1-2 secs
NE-SW
White then purple burst
Brighter than moon
Seemed to "splutter" close to the horizon, (high due to trees)
Spectacular!
12JAN2012
Mark Acketts
CHELMSFORD,ESSEX,UK
1815 GMT
3 sec
Start/Stop SSW, Almost Vertical
Green, space, orange flash
brighter than venus
no
very bright despite driving on busy, lit motorway
12JAN2012
S Riches
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, uk
18.20 gmt
3 sec
E straight down
White turning green finally red
Bright
Mainly one big bit, a few small sparks
Most impressive I have seen in 46 yrs.
12JAN2012
Ian flynn
Belfast n. Ireland
07.55am
2
straght down
blue white
very bright
no
facing south at time.
12JAN2012
misty
southampton, hampshire,uk
gmt 18.26
seconds
left to right
green/yellow
bright
no
just seen something shoot throw the sky, going across and down
12JAN2012
rosemarie rees
Neath,West glamorgan,Wales,U.K
18.00h approx
about 3 seconds
N-S
long stick of silvery bluish light quite solid looking in the centre with powdery dusty looking surround
venus
seemed to be dusty
it was very fast
12JAN2012
chantal
Bexleyheath, Kent , England
18:30:00
4 seconds if that
was heading towards shooters hill way
green like tourqouise the turn orange then dissapeared
bout same as the moon on a bright night
no just a straight b-line
it appeared as fast as it was gone
12JAN2012
Nick Mandleberg
Birmingham UK
1830 GMT approx
5 secs approx
N downward
Green with a tail
Very bright
Dont think so
I'm not a meteor hunter, just thought I'd let you know- I've never seen a green meteor!
12JAN2012
Howard
Harpenden
18:19 GMT
3
Top - Bottom in SW sky
Green colour
Venus - but a lot biggger looking
No
Looking SW - bit furhter south than where Venus had set
12JAN2012
Vicki Harris
Lewes, East Sussex, England
1815hrs GMT
5 secs
East to West
White, turning to blue as it moved
Bright
as though there were tiny particles coming away at the sides as it moved through the sky
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