American Meteor Society

Reports Report 462j (Event 462-2011)

Observer
Name Vladimir M
Experience Level 3/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Purchase, NY
Latitude 41° 2' 35.6'' N (41.043223°)
Longitude 73° 42' 7.88'' W (-73.70219°)
Elevation -
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2011-04-30 23:00 EDT
UT Date & Time 2011-05-01 03:00 UT
Duration ≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 135°
Moving
Facing azimuth 265.05349°
First azimuth 262.05974°
First elevation 60°
Last azimuth 267.71246°
Last elevation 53°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -7
Color Orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation No
Duration -1s
Length -1°
Remarks The fireball appeared orange and made an orange-to-yellow train for about 2 seconds. Then it went out and so did the train soon after. As it was going smaller chunks were falling off of it, also creating orange trains as they went. They went out sooner than the original fireball.
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks The fragments that fell off also left orange trains and they went out soon after their fragmentation
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks -