Reports Report 1062bj (Event 1062-2014)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jon C |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | Haven't seen a good fireball like this is in some years now, even some decent night time observances haven't been quite this good. If this had occurred during dark hours, this obviously would have been pretty spectacular. After realizing what I had just seen I believed the fireball had to be somewhere out over Lake Ontario or possibly up into Canada. I was in my car at the time and thus didn't hear any possible sounds from it. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Rochester, NY |
| Latitude | 43° 3' 45.11'' N (43.062531°) |
| Longitude | 77° 28' 17.52'' W (-77.471533°) |
| Elevation | 145.564224m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2014-05-04 16:15 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2014-05-04 20:15 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 351.86° |
| First azimuth | 344.68° |
| First elevation | 67° |
| Last azimuth | 357.52° |
| Last elevation | 31° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -24 |
| Color | Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 99.99s |
| Length | 15° |
| Remarks | sparking came off fireball much like a fireworks display and contrail lasted quite long and finally broke up on strong wind today and drifted away. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Occurred right at the conclusion of the event low in the sky. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | What looked like sparks broke off from fireball just before final flash. |