Reports Report 1148bx (Event 1148-2019)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jacquee L |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I've seen my fair share of meteors breaking the earth's atmosphere and lighting up the sky green but this observation was remarkable, the best I've ever seen. It was so bright I actually thought it was a missile headed towards downtown Chicago. The Head of the fireball was huge and the fact that I heard a boom about 30 secs afterwards was phenomenal. Ive been searching online all weekend, to see if this was reported somewhere else in Chicago and I stumbled upon this fireball reporting web site. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Chicago, IL |
| Latitude | 41° 44' 32.51'' N (41.742363°) |
| Longitude | 87° 34' 47.24'' W (-87.579788°) |
| Elevation | 178.344818m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2019-03-15 21:35 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2019-03-16 02:35 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 216° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 351.71° |
| First azimuth | 2.21° |
| First elevation | 35° |
| Last azimuth | 322.47° |
| Last elevation | 9° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Green, Orange, Red, Brown |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | After about 30 seconds or so I heard a very distant boom and felt the ground rumble very slightly |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |