This is the second fireball I have seen in the last 5 years so I tried to pay attention but since I was driving I was unable to give some details.
Location
Address
Loveland, CO
Latitude
40° 24' 26.82'' N (40.407451°)
Longitude
105° 8' 58.83'' W (-105.149674°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2011-02-22 17:49 MST
UT Date & Time
2011-02-23 00:49 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From right to left
Descent Angle
270°
Moving
Facing azimuth
99.71345°
First azimuth
39.37971°
First elevation
70°
Last azimuth
99.99131°
Last elevation
50°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-13
Color
yellow then blue then yel
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
I was in the car with the windows rolled up and didn\'t have the radio on but didn\'t hear anything.
Persistent train
Observation
Unknown
Duration
1s
Length
-1°
Remarks
I was driving about 45 mph and it was cloudy above the fireball I think. The sun had not set yet and it was still light out. I did not stop to see if there was a train that stayed after wards. I did not see the whole fireball. I saw it out of my front windshield at the very top left of the windshield and then it went almost directly in front and broke up into many pieces.
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
The fragmentation reminded me of when the space shuttle burned up in the atmosphere but much shorter. It fragmented over about 10 degrees into several pieces and the pieces were yellow/red and fizzled out quickly.
