Meteor/fireball UK 28/02/21

[festoon]

Seems there was a bright fireball/meteor tonight visible in the UK. Very disappointed not to have seen it, it happened between me being out observing and putting the kids to bed. Hope some of you managed to catch it

Edited March 1, 2021 by festoon

[Sunshine]

That sure looks like it cracked the sky open! was there a boom?

[Knight of Clear Skies]

I was lucky enough to see it as were a few others on here. There is a thread about the sightings here.

[maw lod qan]

Seeing a really incredible fireball is an experience you never forget.

You have to be in the right place at the right time!

[Honcho41]

I caught it on my meteor camera down here in Wiltshire:

[Jonk]

I have an allsky camera that's on a long term test looking out of a north facing window that looks like it caught it from near Southampton.

Image was a 30 second image, so sub started at 21:54:55, ended at 21:55:25

Also managed to get it on a CCTV camera pointing at the northern sky.

[saac]

There is a lovely video clip of it crossing Orion on the BBC web site - starts about 13 s in .

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56241511

Jim