In the early hours of Thursday morning a meteor shot through the sky. It shone blue and then green before disappearing.
Its colour sent shockwaves through Twitter, with many describing it as the St Patrick's Day meteor. The bright fireball could be seen across Hampshire, Sussex, Berkshire and London at 3.16am.
Fantastic coincidence that we had a green #meteor to celebrate #StPatricksDay in the UK!
— Prof. Karen Masters 💫⭐️✨ (@KarenLMasters) March 17, 2016
Richard Kacerek, an amateur astronomer from the UK Meteor Observation Network, told the BBC that the Network first caught sight of the meteor on camera in Hampshire. "This is the biggest meteor sighting we have recorded," he said. "It lasted for a few seconds. It was seen for hundreds of miles. We have received a number of emails." He said the network of astronomy enthusiasts records between 10 to 15 meteors every year.
Video caught from #London #sky tonight #Battersea @LBC pic.twitter.com/evfnLqHQ9i
— Paul Gilbert 🎧 (@PaulGilbertDj) March 17, 2016
I just saw a meteor fly over Kingston upon Thames the whole sky went bright blue! The most amazing thing ever! #meteor #London #shootingstar
— Amejane Time (@amejane1406) March 17, 2016
#meteor overnight but not trending somehow, it lit up the entire night sky for around one greeny / blue second
— Ben Williams (@bwilliamsradio) March 17, 2016
Fantastic coincidence that we had a green #meteor to celebrate #StPatricksDay in the UK!
— Prof. Karen Masters 💫⭐️✨ (@KarenLMasters) March 17, 2016
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