Reports Report 408g (Event 408-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Ken T |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | It was visible long enough for my wife to also see the event and agree about the color. It seemed like an odd trajectory moving east to west and diving steeply toward the horizon. I searched the web this evening to see if there was any mention but find none, I can\'t imagine I was the only one to witness the event. It passed below (south) of Saiph and Rigel in Orion. The may help to refine my estimates of altitude relative to the horizon. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Muncie, IN |
| Latitude | 40° 8' 32.24'' N (40.142288°) |
| Longitude | 85° 23' 3.03'' W (-85.384176°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-03-18 20:05 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-03-19 00:05 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 202.69411° |
| First azimuth | 194.96691° |
| First elevation | 60° |
| Last azimuth | 222.60034° |
| Last elevation | 35° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | We were driving in the car with the windows up. Any sound would have been muffled by road/wind noise. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | -1s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | There was no train after disappearance but during the sighting there was a long, bright orange-red train. It was visible as long as the sighting, it\'s length increasing as the meteor moved across the sky. It was no longer visible once the meteor disappeared. I could see no remaining smoke trail in the sky afterward. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | The meteor shed some brighter fragments in the train. None were large in size or departed the trajectory of the main object. They appeared more spark-like than fragmentary. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |