Narromine News is on the hunt for the meteor, to discover if it did land on earth and are asking for your help. 

If you saw the meteor we ask that you log your sighting below, which will go onto a map. So far sightings have been logged from Trangie, Nyngan, Yass, Wongarbon, Orange and Bourke, along with sightings from astronomers in Coonbarabran and Mudgee. 

Coonabrabran astronomer Robert McNaught has been looking for witnesses of the meteor to hopefully locate where it landed. 

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“Sightings from anywhere can be of use, but the geometry, as seen from Trangie and Gilgandra would be particularly useful in tracking down meteorites,” he said.

There is a possibility that the meteorite burned out, but Dr McNaught is hoping this is not the case. 

“Every night meteors, more commonly called shooting stars, burn up about 100 kilometres above our head, but they can occasionally penetrate much lower than the atmosphere,” he said.

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“There is enough information in our pictures to show that the object had started ‘burning’ just above 90 kilometres altitude, moving at 15.5 kilometres per second and after two seconds had descended to 70 kilometres. The object was unusually bright.

“A fireball ending while still in the sky could indicate that a meteorite had reached the ground.”

Dr McNaught is looking for eye witnesses, contact him via email robmcnaught@westnet.com.au or log your sighting below.