Reports Report 3155d (Event 3155-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | William C |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | I am 57 yrs old and live in the country, this is # 3 life time sighting of night activity and was exceptional overpass. if it made it to the ground it had to be Florida or south America east coast. viewed from the pool with little light pollution with my son and two friends whom never see the milky way and were blown away by the show when it crossed the entire sky!. they saw the break over the north horizon and I caught it from just past vertical to the southern exit in the south sky - still blazing brightly as it went below the roof line about 20° elevation. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Gloversville, NY |
| Latitude | 43° 5' 25.62'' N (43.090449°) |
| Longitude | 74° 20' 19.89'' W (-74.338857°) |
| Elevation | 348.715m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-08-27 23:30 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-08-28 03:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 101° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 358.26° |
| First azimuth | 358.11° |
| First elevation | 10° |
| Last azimuth | 177.31° |
| Last elevation | 20° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -11 |
| Color | Blue, Green, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 0.5s |
| Length | 99.99° |
| Remarks | was high altitude trailing "sparklers" from almost due north entry to 10°east of south exit, horizon to horizon, trail had a .5 - 1 second burn out behind the head. and hour later we saw a smaller one at a steeper angle and shorter duration. sky was very clear with full visibility of the milky-way a definite 10 night! |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | break off sparklers in the trail - like sand - not chunks- that formed a trail or tail behind it |