Reports Report 1379co (Event 1379-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kevin |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | The area I viewed in was a nice dark clear rural area, there was ground frost beginning to form so a very clear view of stars etc was there. The fireball came from the direction as shown earlier in my report, on first view we thought it was the ISS or an airplane, had seen the ISS moving across the sky a good few times but this was way brighter, lit up the grounfd like the moon, truly beautiful sight. Saw pretty much its entire viewable passing, slowly moved across the sky right to left as i looked, got a lot dimmer towards the end of view, whether it was burning out or not im unsure but there was 0 cloud cover present. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Kildare (IE) |
| Latitude | 53° 12' 30.97'' N (53.208603°) |
| Longitude | 6° 47' 26.09'' W (-6.790581°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-09-21 23:00 GMT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-09-21 22:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈10s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 45° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 28.2255° |
| First azimuth | 75.29775° |
| First elevation | 35° |
| Last azimuth | 261.36329° |
| Last elevation | 10° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | orange, blue, yellow, red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | A low level rumble was heard, there was 6 of us viewing from start to finish, could not agree between us whether the sound was from the fireball or not. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | -1s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | I witnessed it during/just after break up, and saw its full movement across the sky (I was in a rural area with no street light glow, zero cloud cover) so there were 8 or 9 fragments and smoke etc could clearly be seen. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Blue ball fragmenting into smaller yellow/orange ball with numerous (8 or 9 maybe more) fragments chasing, moved very slowly across the sky, beautiful view, heart stopping. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |