Observer | |
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Name | K S |
Experience Level | 4/5 |
Remarks | This was the third brilliant bolide I've seen in my life and it absolutely made my day. I left out an elated yell then came in to report it. |
Location | |
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Address | Hagerstown, MD |
Latitude | 39° 36' 29.52'' N (39.6082°) |
Longitude | 77° 40' 50.26'' W (-77.680627°) |
Elevation | 176.518112m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2015-04-17 21:01 EDT |
UT Date & Time | 2015-04-18 01:01 UT |
Duration | ≈3.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up right to down left |
Descent Angle | 198° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 89° |
First azimuth | 88° |
First elevation | 35° |
Last azimuth | 88° |
Last elevation | 15° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -15 |
Color | White |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | Yes |
Duration | 2s |
Length | 15° |
Remarks | Didn't see any smoke, but there was a very bright trail of bright white gas trailing behind the bolide |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | It grew in brightness and size, pulsing, and toward the end expanded and might have grown and shrunk a bit before the big bright terminal flash. I think it continued a bit after that, dimming much more quickly than it grew in brightness. |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | I didn't see any separate streaks break off, but it pulsed a bit in size and brightness which I figured meant it was either tumbling or breaking apart. |