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[Nickbat]

I heard a police chopper hanging about close by just now and I opened the front door to see where it was and then witnessed a glowing green light moving  quickly down to the ground. It faded to nothing, so I reckon it was a small fragment of space dust or similar. It wasn't high in the sky like a "shooting star" which grazes the atmosphere, but was definitely headed on an earthward trajectory; in fact I thought it was a flare when I first noticed it.

There you go. My excitement for the evening!   

[PhilRich]

It'll have been a leftover from someones 'Brocks Benefit' Nick, either that or someone fired a dud SAM at the FuzzBudgie 

[miked]

At 7:23 we saw the International Space Station and the Space shuttle Challenger traverse from West /South West to the South.

Two small white spots moving across the sky  :-/

[Nickbat]

At 7:23 we saw the International Space Station and the Space shuttle Challenger traverse from West /South West to the South.

Two small white spots moving across the sky  :-/

Yep, Mike, I got an email alerting me to that from Spaceweather.com but sadly I didn't read it until 9.30. 

[miked]

Well, Myself, the wife and our three year old were all stood outside the front of our house in coats, hats, gloves, looking skywards!

I saw them first , two small white spots moving rather quickly.  Wife was a little disappointed, daughter wanter to play on her slide and climbing frame (got very upset when we went back inside).  I still found it very impressive when considering what you were looking at.

[Vamps]

I do not know, I was not there, I did not see one personally.....

[Nickbat]

I do not know, I was not there, I did not see one personally.....

That settles it, then. 

[Banjax]

sounds like a meteorite Nick, the green light may be traces of copper on the surface of it burning up through the atmosphere 

or a ufo 

[alfie]

Hi Nickbat, was that about 22.10,  I was just letting the dog out,looked up and this Bright star like thing was shooting at about 2000 mph north to south.

[Banjax]

Hi Nickbat, was that about 22.10,  I was just letting the dog out,looked up and this Bright star like thing was shooting at about 2000 mph north to south.

that sounds like a meteor or shooting star 

[Kevin Wood]

Did wonder if it was Discovery until I checked. Undocked from the ISS yesterday but not due back until tomorrow.

I saw one of the Shuttle launches a couple of years back. Was camping and went out for a pee at some ungodly hour in the morning. As I walked back across the camp site I saw a bright object climb up from the Western horizon, break into two, and continue up until almost overhead.

Wondered what it was and when I got back home found a youtube video of exactly what I'd seen, from the same time, taken by a group of astronomers. It was the launch of STS-128.

Kevin

[Nickbat]

Hi Nickbat, was that about 22.10,  I was just letting the dog out,looked up and this Bright star like thing was shooting at about 2000 mph north to south.

Indeed, it was around about quarter-past ten. Can't be anymore precise than that with the time.

[jyr001]

According to the sizzling soaraway Sun "a lorry sized asteroid skimmed past Earth yesterday at less than a third of the distance of the moon". If you can believe the Sun (about anything) maybe that is what it was.