Large Meteor Exploded Over United Kingdom Yesterday Night

First Video Captured Of Meteor That Exploded Over United Kingdom Few Hours Ago

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Yesterday night?

That wasn't a very good one, you couldn't see much at all.

5/8/13 21:47:24 h

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OP, 'yesterday night' does not sound quite correct in English ;)- say 'last night' instead.

They're still coming.

Look at the big blue bastard.

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Didn't exactly "explode" did it?
Impressive sight though.

The Blue Kachina has risen.

how about 'yesternight'? sounds very shakespearean

5* for the magic words yesterday night.

Like the famous song

Yesternight,all my troubles were just outa sight
Now it looks as though they want a fight
Oh I believe in yesternight


Classic.

lol

love it!

Something is going on with all these things.My spider sense is tingling.

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If it is a remnant of Hailleys Comet its not that big a deal-BUT-Russia,Japan,now this--its too many big ones imho. Hopefully we just see pretty lights,but you never know.

Last Edited by Dervish on 05/09/2013 05:21 AM

I think this is the 8th sighting over UK this yesr.Unprecedented.

Agreed...

or even steviewonderish :)

I bet he didn't see the mateor either

Not unprecedented at all.

As an amateur astronomer, I'm outside at night, looking up, whenever the sky is clear - and I see literally HUNDREDS of meteors per year, with some those being what most would call 'fireball' or 'bolide' meteors. It's a VERY rare night when I don't see any meteors at all.
This one is likely to have been an Eta Aquariid - The Eta Aquariid shower is caused by the earth going through a fairly spread-out field of debris left behind by comet 1P/Halley
Because of the spread-out nature of the debris, we get a shower that - instead of a sharp peak - gives about a week of pretty good activity, between about the 3rd and 10th of May.
It's also common for the Eta Aquariids to throw up quite a few nice fireballs. I've seen 3 myself this last week, plus many, many smaller E-A meteors.

The other big shower caused by Halley's comet, is the Orionids in late October. The best meteor activity I've personally ever seen, was the Orionid shower of 2006.
I was at a very dark rural site for that one, just a bunch of us laid back in deck-chairs watching the show. We saw more than 30 good strong fireballs within a couple of hours that night.

So... 8 sightings... in over 4 months.
With this last one coming within a shower period known to give fireballs....

Sorry, but no - Not unprecedented.


The main reason more and more of these are being filmed and photographed...?
Because these days, everyone and his dog carries a phone capable of video, and/or decent still photography.

Last Edited by Karlos on 05/09/2013 07:21 AM

OMFG!

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!

Too true, when and where are the only questions.

Bingo.

Yeah and 'sennight' is the old term for week - being seven nights.
Like 'fortnight' is fourteen nights. Love sennight too!

Too bad it didn't it London and take out the Queen.

bollocks! im in SE london and i missed it