Not your average shooting star

[Stormraider]

I have just seen the best shooting star I've ever seen. It was not like the average shooting star which are gone in the blink of an eye and not very bright. This however, was quite the opposite, and fairly slow moving in comparison. At a guess, something bigger than the specks of dust that we normally see. Sorry but no photos. Wonder if anyone else saw this?

[Summer of 95]

It's probably a Geminid. They are noticeably slow moving and peak in December- I remember seeing loads last year. Best time should be next weekend when the moon won't be there till the early hours.

[Boro Snow]

summer of 95 you beat me to it but yeah probs a geminid between the 7th and the 16th peaks around the 13th and my fav meteorite shower of the year, The Geminids is different to other meteor showers as Geminid meteors originate from an asteroid, as opposed to a comet, meaning they are very rocky and gritty, making them slightly easier to see than other showers.

[Stormraider]

Fantastic! Thanks guys. Have seen only a couple in my life and never knew what they were till now. Will keep a look out for any more.

[Weather-history]

Caught this on one of my time-lapses on 18th November 2014 and didn't even realise had. Numerous reports of this on the Armagh Observatory site

http://arpc65.arm.ac.uk/cgi-bin/fireballs/browse.pl

Can see as a streak at 17.27