Reports Report 174cq (Event 174-2012)

Observer
Name Kasey N
Experience Level 3/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Denton, MD
Latitude 38° 51' 18.76'' N (38.855212°)
Longitude 75° 51' 47.57'' W (-75.863214°)
Elevation -
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2012-02-03 23:30 EST
UT Date & Time 2012-02-04 04:30 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From left to right
Descent Angle 90°
Moving
Facing azimuth 91.78988°
First azimuth 99.88401°
First elevation 80°
Last azimuth 301.21843°
Last elevation 90°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -13
Color bright yellow and white
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 2s
Length 10°
Remarks It came over the tree line and not as fast as a normal shooting star but it was a little slower. the trail behind it was about 5 or 6 of the fireballs lenght. The object came over top of us about 300-400 yards above us and then burned out directly above us. The trail seemed to spark up into the dark as it disappeared.
Terminal flash
Observation Unknown
Remarks As we played basketball outside that night with two other friends as all of our eyes caught a light in the air. We then turned our heads up and to the slight right and watched as the abject traveled across the yard and then burned up into the air. This was a very larger then normal shooting star. it was about as big as half of a full moon from our persprective and lasted about 5 seconds until it burned up.
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks -