<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A meteor has lit up the sky above Sydney and been seen from hundreds of kilometres away tonight.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The bright flash happened about 6.30pm and was seen by many in Sydney, Canberra and elsewhere in regional NSW.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Astrophysicist Dr Brad Tucker said the sighting had been confirmed as a meteor.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Did you see the meteor? Send your footage to contact@nine.com.au.</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-terror-attack-man-charged-with-stealing-victims-camera-equipment/3afc712c-b88d-459f-8ca9-e628b147103e"><strong><span>Man charged for unthinkable act amid the chaos of Bondi terror attack</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It was spotted in Canberra and into central NSW," Dr Tucker told nine.com.au.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The greenish colour indicates it was a meteor, usually with iron and nickel.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/meteor-lights-up-the-skies-over-sydney-across-nsw-and-act/33a8087e-5872-480c-984f-d1a99c81981f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The bright flash midway means it is likely fragmented or broke apart.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It could 30 to 50 centimetres in size based on the brightness."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tucker, an associate professor at Australian National University, said the way a meteor was confirmed was by judging its colour and speed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Colours of objects indicate what it is made up of. Space junk is usually more yellow," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Meteors are travelling much faster than say satellites or space junk as well and so they cover a larger distance and are in the sky for a shorter time."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tucker said it wasn't unheard of for a meteor to be seen, with "larger meteors like this maybe every month or so across Australia". The fortunate thing about tonight's was that it "happened at a good time".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Early in the evening, so lots of people were still awake and out and about," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They can happen in the middle of the night."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One person told nine.com.au they were caught off guard by the brightness of the flash that they saw from Waterloo.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"l saw a flash of light in the sky and was so confused, I first thought it was a flare that had been lit," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Then I noticed this glowing ball of orange falling from the sky. I'd never seen anything like it.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The whole sky was lit up for all of 10 seconds."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>More to come...</span></em></div></div>