Reports Report 74ad (Event 74-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Thorn M |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | It was comet - like, with small bright yellow on the bottom part of the ball, bright green for most of it in the middle, and bright red just on the tip at the end. Was very fast, only lasted about 2-3 seconds. Was traveling north on 26 North in Vestal, NY, just past the turn off to Kopernik observatory, saw it way up in the sky going easterly to westerly. Was amazing. Thought it was a firework at first because of the color, but realized that it wasn't very quickly because of it's uniqueness and non-firework qualities...FYI, was on another weatherwatch site, and someone from Kentucky saw one at 2am this same morning...would have been jan. 8 2016 by that time. Mine was jan. 7 night. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Vestal, NY |
| Latitude | 42° 1' 13.78'' N (42.020494°) |
| Longitude | 76° 0' 29.54'' W (-76.008205°) |
| Elevation | 319.71m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-01-07 22:13 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-01-08 03:13 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 214° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 332.48° |
| First azimuth | 333.17° |
| First elevation | 53° |
| Last azimuth | 314.32° |
| Last elevation | 35° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -23 |
| Color | Green, Yellow, Red |
| 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 | - |