Reports Report 3262rc (Event 3262-2018)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Amber F |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I was not completely sure of the EXACT time so I did the best I could based solely on where the moon was last night when I saw it. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | O'Fallon, MO |
| Latitude | 38° 49' 45.95'' N (38.829431°) |
| Longitude | 90° 41' 18.5'' W (-90.688472°) |
| Elevation | 153.568m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2018-08-27 21:10 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2018-08-28 02:10 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 126° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 329.3° |
| First azimuth | 236.31° |
| First elevation | 57° |
| Last azimuth | 281.01° |
| Last elevation | 22° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -28 |
| Color | Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | The fireball (which I thought was just the biggest shooting star I had ever seen), never disappeared or disintegrated, it was in my opinion, nowhere close to fading. Unfortunately the homes on my left prevented me from seeing where it would have vanished physically. (I was facing West and the trail of bright yellow/orange light coming from the S to NW. The trail of light behind it was INCREDIBLY LONG and INCREDIBLY BRIGHT. WHEN THAT DISAPPEARED I SAW SMOKE like you would see from an airplane. AMAZING. I don’t know how to gauge the size but it kind of made a Wide U shape more than a direct nose dive. It entered my Peripheral view from the south and went off somewhere to the W /NW It had a rainbow shaped path - not like a falling star which fall straight down. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |