American Meteor Society

Reports Report 3655d (Event 3655-2015)

Observer
Name Christopher L
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks It was awesome!!!!!
Location
Address Ansonia, CT
Latitude 41° 20' 21.28'' N (41.339244°)
Longitude 73° 5' 3.37'' W (-73.08427°)
Elevation 40.024m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2015-11-25 19:25 EST
UT Date & Time 2015-11-26 00:25 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 101°
Moving
Facing azimuth 125.02°
First azimuth 96.18°
First elevation 34°
Last azimuth 140.21°
Last elevation 29°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -20
Color Orange, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 2s
Length 15°
Remarks It began as a white smoke trail then turned into an orange smoke trail. One trail behind each of the 3-5 pices.
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks It started as a super bright white "shooting star". As it traveled it gradually broke into one large chunk and 2-3 smaller pices below and behind the big pice. And turned orange as it broke apart then faded and disappeared.