Reports Report 3993ad (Event 3993-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Bill W |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I was facing about 220 in my back yard, sitting around a fire pit. My attention was drawn to the sky by the sound of a vintage propeller-driven medium-large aircraft that appeared to be on final to PIE (you can check their landings log for the exact time and extrapolate from my location to the landing pattern, probably no more than a few minutes. At the moment the aircraft passed 350 relative to my position (remember, I was facing 220) , I saw the meteor flash downward from about 85 degrees altitude to about 45 degrees altitude, over the course of about 3 or 4 seconds. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Belleair, FL |
| Latitude | 27° 55' 27.74'' N (27.924373°) |
| Longitude | 82° 48' 31.83'' W (-82.808843°) |
| Elevation | 13.485m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-10-25 21:35 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-10-26 01:35 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 108° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 209.01° |
| First azimuth | 44.02° |
| First elevation | 73° |
| Last azimuth | 222.25° |
| Last elevation | 23° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
| Color | Blue |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | 50° |
| Remarks | It was a smoky glowing trail that dissipated quickly behind the meteor. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |