Reports Report 1208f (Event 1208-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | K S |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | Seen in clear sky - dark blue. Not full night but close. Sound environment was ambient in an active sailboat marina in light wind with social activity. There was no component of the event audible over that level of absent sound. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Summerside, PE (CA) |
| Latitude | 46° 23' 19.68'' N (46.3888°) |
| Longitude | 63° 47' 8.13'' W (-63.785591°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-08-25 21:01 AST |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-08-26 00:01 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 284.07546° |
| First azimuth | 274.15417° |
| First elevation | 20° |
| Last azimuth | 293.78752° |
| Last elevation | 19° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | bright orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1.5s |
| Length | 16° |
| Remarks | glowing train grooving on break up |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | fragmentation was in stages (perhaps 3). Particles about 1 twentieth of the original mass separating, continuing in the same direction but visible as discrete particles, leaving darker elements in the streak of the main body and winking out. All terminating in less than a second of the streak disappearing. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |