Reports Report 1214o (Event 1214-2011)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | R. G |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | At about 7 o\'clock Sunday morning, Oct. 23rd, I was standing on my back porch in the predawn darkness of Austin when suddenly a large bright white fireball streaked a fourth of the way across the sky from WNW to ESE above me. A trail of white smoke marked where it had traversed that gradually was unevenly distorted by an upper atmospheric air movement from the north. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Austin, TX |
| Latitude | 30° 16' 57.77'' N (30.282714°) |
| Longitude | 97° 48' 36.82'' W (-97.810228°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2011-10-23 07:10 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2011-10-23 12:10 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From right to left |
| Descent Angle | 270° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 310.83353° |
| First azimuth | 314.33265° |
| First elevation | 62° |
| Last azimuth | 53.41895° |
| Last elevation | -1° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | Bright White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | no sound |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 99.99s |
| Length | 45° |
| Remarks | a white smoke trail that very gradually was distorted in several spots by high level winds before it finally dissipated |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | started and ended as a bright white fireball of huge sze |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |