Reports Report 1224d (Event 1224-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | john m |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | Please let me know of any other submissions on this fireball. It was incedible and had to have been witnessed by others. thank you. JOhn. finestcityartist@yahoo.com |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | charlotte, NC |
| Latitude | 35° 12' 57.59'' N (35.215998°) |
| Longitude | 80° 48' 25.38'' W (-80.807051°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-08-29 21:30 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-08-30 01:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 280.27123° |
| First azimuth | 232.61488° |
| First elevation | 71° |
| Last azimuth | 291.39486° |
| Last elevation | 22° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | changing from a orange/wh |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1.5s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | as this fireball shot toward earth it was so unbelievable,.i was waiting for an explosion whn it hit the earth.(to be dramatic). But iwas riding my motorcycle and had a full unobscured view. i could have sworn it went thru color spectrums of lime green,bright white, orange,then got at its smalllest in size and when still flying downward at a 21degree(approx) angle it disappeard behind the tree line,which was not much higher than a horizon line i think. Ive witnessed dozens of shooting stars in my lifetime,at 42yrs old,,that wer a split second to at most a second,,this baby went solid for 2&1/2 to 3 seconds. I would love to know of other accounts of this fireball. It HAD TO HAVE been seen by others. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |