Observer | |
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Name | Taylor L |
Experience Level | 2/5 |
Remarks | #1 most spectacular sky observation of my current human experience |
Location | |
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Address | Roanoke, VA |
Latitude | 37° 16' 15.45'' N (37.270958°) |
Longitude | 79° 56' 29.21'' W (-79.941447°) |
Elevation | 285.344574m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2014-07-17 21:25 EDT |
UT Date & Time | 2014-07-18 01:25 UT |
Duration | ≈1.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up to down |
Descent Angle | 180° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 99.36° |
First azimuth | 90.85° |
First elevation | 20° |
Last azimuth | 102.93° |
Last elevation | 8° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
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 | 1s |
Length | - |
Remarks | bright glowing orange/red fire train/tail about 8 times longer than the glowing white ball |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | instantly after the fireball disappeared from my view behind the buildings i saw dim flashes, slightly scattered, similar to fireworks or in-cloud heat lightning, in a small dome-ish radius |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |