I've never seen anything like this before. It was very big and very bright green. I have seen meteor showers before and saw the tails and white/yellow meteoroites. This was huge by comparison and such a bright, neon green and seemengly very slow. It was beautiful.
Location
Address
LaGrangeville, NY
Latitude
41° 40' 40.77'' N (41.677993°)
Longitude
73° 43' 41.82'' W (-73.728283°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2011-01-29 20:30 EST
UT Date & Time
2011-01-30 01:30 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
-
Descent Angle
-
Moving
Facing azimuth
72.75833°
First azimuth
91.50716°
First elevation
45°
Last azimuth
65.15723°
Last elevation
15°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-13
Color
green with black on the b
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
We (my husband and I) were indoors at the time and both saw the fireball out of our picture window. It was there long enough for me to spot it, get my husband\\\'s attention and both get up and go to the window.
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
4s
Length
-1°
Remarks
There was no train, just a black outline on the back of the green fireball with a small bit of yellow behind the black. There was no visible train at all after the fireball was gone.
