The Small Fireball Meteor Seen From Pakefield Clifftop Skywatch....

Forwarded to Alastair McBeath-SPA Meteor Section Director...

 

Society for Popular Astronomy

 

Meteor Section Fireball Report Form

 

Observer:

Name: Colin James Watling

Email: astrocomera@googlemail.com 

 

Site Location:

Town: Pakefield Clifftop, Lowestoft

County: Suffolk

Country: U.K

Latitude: 52 ° 27 ' 16.51 " N

Longitude: 1 ° 44 ' 11.15 "

 

Date / Time:

Date (Year - Month - Date): 2012 - 1 - 16

Time: 18 h 29 m 00 s

TimeZone GMT

Start of fireball's track:

80 ° altitude, 335 ° azimuth

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h m s RA ° Dec

 

End of fireball's track:

60 ° altitude, 340 ° azimuth

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h m s RA ° Dec

 

Apparent speed: 3

 

Visible duration (in seconds): 5

If the object was visible for more than 10 seconds it may not have been a fireball.

 

Train Details: Bright flaring but no train or tail

 

Sounds: Nothing heard

 

Fragmentation: No Fragmentation

 

Colours: Mainly White

 

Magnitude Estimate: 5

 

Additional comments: Seen at the Lyra Skywatch Stargazing night at Pakefield clifftops Lowestoft in conjunction with Stargazing live on BBC2-I would say Magnitude +5 Naked eye seeing conditions-almost 70 people came along and possibly 100 for the whole night-great night of skywatching and really enjoyable (made up for the cold and frost) plenty to see enjoyed by all.

 

 

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Colin James Watling

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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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