American Meteor Society

Reports Report 1299b (Event 1299-2013)

Observer
Name Carl B
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks We were looking for the space station earlier and did not see it, we believe due to cloud cover. We saw the reddish orange object from the SW travel to the NE. We saw it appear again about 15 minutes later. The times did not correlate with the spacestation sightings on the NASA website. Each sighting lasted about 4 minutes. Called it a fireball due to the color.
Location
Address Cranberry Township, PA
Latitude 40° 43' 54.42'' N (40.731782°)
Longitude 80° 4' 50.99'' W (-80.080831°)
Elevation 343.689087m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2013-06-22 22:00 EDT
UT Date & Time 2013-06-23 02:00 UT
Duration ?
Direction
Moving direction From left to right
Descent Angle 90°
Moving
Facing azimuth 314.81°
First azimuth 335.95°
First elevation 63°
Last azimuth 85.53°
Last elevation 67°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -11
Color Orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation No
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -