Reports Report 1451c (Event 1451-2011)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Julie |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I\'ve watched many meteor showers in the late summer here before, but I\'ve never seen a fireball/meteor this large & this close to my location. For a split second, until the tail of it appeared, I thought maybe a plane was falling out of the sky. Completely freaked me out, but it was amazing! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Raleigh, NC |
| Latitude | 35° 41' 48.02'' N (35.696672°) |
| Longitude | 78° 46' 13.39'' W (-78.770385°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2011-12-02 18:08 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2011-12-02 23:08 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 233.99011° |
| First azimuth | 138.58139° |
| First elevation | 67° |
| Last azimuth | 250.79934° |
| Last elevation | 33° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | I did not hear anything, but I had my car window up. However, it looked close enough that, at the time, I expected to hear something if it made contact with the ground. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | I saw a bright light falling (a bright circular shape, like a star looks from the ground), but then right before the fireball disappeared, a trail of white/silver glittery looking something appeared directly behind the fireball. The train was visible for about a second and pretty well disappeared when the fireball disappeared. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | I don\'t know what is meant by fragmentation, but see my notes on seeing a trail, as what I saw could have been fragmentation. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |