Observer | |
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Name | Shelton D |
Experience Level | 4/5 |
Remarks | The meteor flashed several times during the time I observed it. |
Location | |
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Address | Town Creek, AL |
Latitude | 34° 38' 23.32'' N (34.639811°) |
Longitude | 87° 28' 12.81'' W (-87.470226°) |
Elevation | - |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2011-04-06 20:20 CDT |
UT Date & Time | 2011-04-07 01:20 UT |
Duration | ≈3.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From left to right |
Descent Angle | 90° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 70.58566° |
First azimuth | 71.87234° |
First elevation | 46° |
Last azimuth | 44.5733° |
Last elevation | 25° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -11 |
Color | white, green, red |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | Unknown |
Duration | -1s |
Length | -1° |
Remarks | - |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | The flash was followed by, for a tiny fraction of a second, red streamers. Like a fireworks explosion extremely far away and in the same direction, not much radial spread. |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Unknown |
Remarks | - |