Reports Report 996e (Event 996-2011)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Allen F |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | This is one of the most interesting sites we\'ve ever seen. Thank you for making it available. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Frisco, TX |
| Latitude | 33° 8' 40.02'' N (33.144451°) |
| Longitude | 96° 52' 27.67'' W (-96.874352°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2011-09-10 20:39 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2011-09-11 01:39 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 359.15125° |
| First azimuth | 18.18878° |
| First elevation | 60° |
| Last azimuth | 312.46043° |
| Last elevation | 40° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -27 |
| Color | blue/white to yellow/oran |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | There may have been a boom, but we were talking to each other with excitement, so we could have missed it. My wife, son and I were out walking the dog. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 6.5s |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | Thin glowing blue train getting progressivly brighter, longer and wider until it hit/broke up, then the train stopped and disappeared. As the meteor got biggerst/brightest just before/at time it broke up, smaller visible orange particals broke off. Clear skies/no clouds. Waxing Gibbous moon (per internet), Two days before a full moon. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | See earlier comments. Visible breakup at flash with visible fragmentation. Transition at flash from bright, bright white/blue to orande/yellow. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |