American Meteor Society

Reports Report 3262ey (Event 3262-2018)

Observer
Name Jana M
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Independence, MO
Latitude 39° 5' 52.36'' N (39.097877°)
Longitude 94° 25' 6.97'' W (-94.418602°)
Elevation 302.69m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2018-08-27 20:45 CDT
UT Date & Time 2018-08-28 01:45 UT
Duration ≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up right to down left
Descent Angle 264°
Moving
Facing azimuth 22.99°
First azimuth -
First elevation 23°
Last azimuth 352.65°
Last elevation 23°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -9
Color Orange, Yellow, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 2s
Length -
Remarks It was a glowing train. Two balls of light that were connected to each other with a smaller glowing train connecting them and a super long train at the back. It was so silent and so low it was really eery. And it lasted so long and was so close compared to a shooting star we knew it couldn’t have just been a shooting star.
Terminal flash
Observation Unknown
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation Unknown
Remarks -