Reports Report 326n (Event 326-2011)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Robert S |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I didn\'t learn until a day later that I had really seen what I thought I had seen! I was about a hundred yards from the final burnout of a shooting star!!!!!!!! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Wilmington, NC, NC |
| Latitude | 34° 16' 31.53'' N (34.275425°) |
| Longitude | 77° 44' 16.03'' W (-77.737786°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2011-03-22 19:30 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2011-03-22 23:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈1s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 101.39209° |
| First azimuth | 183.84603° |
| First elevation | 16° |
| Last azimuth | 92.39419° |
| Last elevation | 4° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -27 |
| Color | white, slightly yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | There was no sound audible over the pounding of the surf. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | -1s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | I observed the fireball burn out above the surf about 30 ft above the surface in front of the next beach house to the north of 240 Beach Rd North. I observed a bright fireball which suddenly disappeared, leaving behind a puff of smoke. I ran inside and failed to observe the trail, but minutes later there remained what could have been the trail, and if so, it had been distorted by the wind shear along the coast. Imagine, a meteor travelling billions of miles only to burn up 30 ft above the Earth! |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |