Reports Report 4562f (Event 4562-2018)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Gary Z |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | I am a lifelong member of the Chicago Astronomical Society and am the owner of Mount Sangre Observatory, an automated domed observatory in the Sangre de Cristo mountains near Angel Fire NM. I publish an astronomy page in the Taos News and a monthly webpage mountsangreobservatory.com. This is not the brightest fireball I’ve seen, but it is significantly bright and low in the sky that I surmise an impact may have occurred. I didn’t see an impact flash because I was in a canyon and the canyon walls are at least 300 feet higher than the road I was driving eastward on. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Valle Escondido, NM |
| Latitude | 36° 22' 2.72'' N (36.367422°) |
| Longitude | 105° 26' 23.56'' W (-105.439879°) |
| Elevation | 2458.283m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2018-11-01 19:40 MDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2018-11-02 01:40 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 151° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 90° |
| First azimuth | 85° |
| First elevation | 23° |
| Last azimuth | 100° |
| Last elevation | - |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -11 |
| Color | Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 5° |
| Remarks | Glowing white train behind green fireball |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |