American Meteor Society

Reports Report 1882dl (Event 1882-2016)

Observer
Name CHARLES D
Experience Level 3/5
Remarks The smoke trail remained swirled and in place for a surprisingly long time and was visible in the pre dawn,, dawn sky. Now waiting for sunrise view,
Location
Address Phoenix, AZ
Latitude 33° 39' 27.91'' N (33.657752°)
Longitude 112° 6' 8.3'' W (-112.102306°)
Elevation 420.439m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2016-06-02 04:02 MST
UT Date & Time 2016-06-02 11:02 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From down right to up left
Descent Angle 301°
Moving
Facing azimuth 76.58°
First azimuth 51.48°
First elevation 29°
Last azimuth 84.8°
Last elevation 3°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -20
Color Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation Unknown
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation Yes
Remarks There were approximately 5 -8 booms over a period of approximately 10 seconds. The booms were unexpected and delayed from the time the meteor began breaking up by a guess of 4 minutes. The booms did seem to correspond to the breaking up of the single bright white meteor into many smaller yellow and orange pieces. as it appear angling down towards earth's horizon. There was also a lasting smoke trail in the sky that I took some photos of at 5:08 am that looked like swirls.
Persistent train
Observation Unknown
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks The flash was like a spotlight or lightning short in duration , 1 second that the lit up the area and drew our attention to the meteor location.
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks As the meteor appeared to descend towards the horizon it split in to many pieces like a narrow inverted firework display.