Reports Report 4502b (Event 4502-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Steven B |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | This was not a fireball but a very original shooting star for me. Best I could desribe it, it had hang time. Like when your waiting for the ISS to fly by and it comes into few as a very small star then it gets brighter and then fades away, At its brightest point is slowed very fast and then moved on. No fragmentation. Due to the fact that is was able to slow down so fast without fragmenting, it must have been a very dense Iron asteroid. I've seen far more impresive fireballs but hostestly, how fast it slowed I thought it was going to fall. I was trying to grab my cell to get a compass fix. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Pensacola, FL |
| Latitude | 30° 23' 55.4'' N (30.398723°) |
| Longitude | 87° 18' 27.77'' W (-87.307713°) |
| Elevation | 9.292m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-11-17 21:00 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-11-18 03:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down right to up left |
| Descent Angle | 278° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | - |
| First azimuth | 288.04° |
| First elevation | 23° |
| Last azimuth | 285.75° |
| Last elevation | 23° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | - |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |