Fireball report

Reports Report 843q (Event 843-2019)

Observer
Name	Liam M
Experience Level	3/5
Remarks	Small explosion when it split in half.

Location
Address	Port Hood, Nova Scotia (CA)
Latitude	46° 1' 27.07'' N (46.024185°)
Longitude	61° 32' 11.59'' W (-61.536552°)
Elevation	30.722548m

Time and Duration
Local Date & Time	2019-02-23 20:01 AST
UT Date & Time	2019-02-24 00:01 UT
Duration	≈7.5s

Direction
Moving direction	From down left to up right
Descent Angle	89°

Moving
Facing azimuth	347.55°
First azimuth	325.32°
First elevation	29°
Last azimuth	10.73°
Last elevation	28°

Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude	-11
Color	Yellowish orange

Concurrent Sound
Observation	Unknown
Remarks	-

Delayed Sound
Observation	Yes
Remarks	About a minute after seeing the fireball I got out of our vehicle and heard a loud boom in the distance where it was headed

Persistent train
Observation	Yes
Duration	3s
Length	10°
Remarks	Yellow/white contrail. Looked like fire when it was fading

Terminal flash
Observation	Unknown
Remarks	-

Fragmentation
Observation	Yes
Remarks	About halfway across the sky it started splitting in half and the second fragment looked like it just fell straight down, the other peice kept flying and left a contrail

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