Observer | |
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Name | Cooper S |
Experience Level | 3/5 |
Remarks | - |
Location | |
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Address | New Orleans, LA |
Latitude | 29° 55' 52.73'' N (29.931315°) |
Longitude | 90° 7' 32.52'' W (-90.125699°) |
Elevation | 2.831m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2017-02-18 21:15 CST |
UT Date & Time | 2017-02-19 03:15 UT |
Duration | ≈3.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up right to down left |
Descent Angle | 251° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 41.52° |
First azimuth | 49.1° |
First elevation | 40° |
Last azimuth | 22.99° |
Last elevation | 25° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -12 |
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 | 10s |
Length | 10° |
Remarks | It was a line of dim red glow perfectly in the center of where the fireball had been. Like a line traced over its path. |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | It was slightly brighter than the fireball had been a second ago. Initially, the fireball was very bright and white and moving very very fast. There was a flame trail behind it that was also bright and white. The flame was like an extremely powerful electrical arc. If you look up 500kv switch arc, watch the video and the trail was like that, except in the shape of a, relatively speaking, fat trail behind the front of the fireball. The bright white part and large trail did not last long. The fireball dimmed as it went further, and the initial trail disappeared. The front of the fireball however, did not disappear. I became a dimmer white glow eventually becoming slightly brighter for an instant before going out. Like a blip. This all happened within the span of 2-3 seconds. After the fireball disappeared, it left behind a dim red glow tracing its path from after the bright white part. |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |