Reports Report 478m (Event 478-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Dan G |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | This was definitely my \"once in a lifetime\" sighting, i\'ve never seen a meteor this far down, and i\'ve never seen it get this close to the ground! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | colorado springs, CO |
| Latitude | 38° 50' 41.9'' N (38.844972°) |
| Longitude | 104° 47' 34.35'' W (-104.792876°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-03-28 21:00 MDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-03-29 03:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 270.01764° |
| First azimuth | 270.9073° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 234.88507° |
| Last elevation | 24° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | We were inside the car with the windows up, so we couldn\'t have heard it even if it did make a sound. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | -1s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | The object burning up while entering our field of view was what got our attention. My friend Adam was driving westbound on Cache La Poudre towards Union Boulevard, and we both spotted it straight out ahead of us through the windshield! They\'re usually so much further away that it\'s not that visible, it really looked like it came down on the west side of town! We were both so awestruck that we couldn\'t even talk while it was coming down, i\'ve never seen anything like it! |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |