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Observer:
Name: Colin James Watling
Email: astrocomera@googlemail.com
Site Location:
Town: Kessingland, Lowestoft
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Latitude: 52 ° 25 ' 05 " N
Longitude: 1 ° 43 ' 11 " E
Date / Time:
Date (Year - Month - Date): 2011 - 12 - 22
Time: 06 h 28 m 00 s
TimeZone GMT
Start of fireball's track:
70 ° altitude, 70 ° azimuth
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h m s RA ° Dec
End of fireball's track:
30 ° altitude, 30 ° azimuth
or
h m s RA ° Dec
Apparent speed: 3
Visible duration (in seconds): 6
If the object was visible for more than 10 seconds it may not have been a fireball.
Train Details: White train as long from end to end-thin.
Sounds: Slight Sonic boom
Fragmentation: No Fragmentation
Colours: White
Magnitude Estimate: 4
Additional comments: Seen and Observed coming over the sky from my Bedroom window and dissapearing into clouds in the East-slim Crescent Moon rising in the South East with Earthshine-I would say it came from the Constellation of Gemini which is high in the West around this time/year so this was more than likely a Geminid Fireball and the Meteors being active from this Constellation during late December.
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Astrocomet
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Colin James Watling
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Lat' 52.41825356698225 North
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Real Astronomer and head of the Comet section for LYRA (Lowestoft and Great Yarmouth Regional Astronomers) also head of K.A.G (Kessingland Astronomy Group) and Navigator (Astrogator) of the Stars (Fieldwork)
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