American Meteor Society

Reports Report 1560ag (Event 1560-2019)

Observer
Name Blaine V
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks This is the closest I have ever been to one!
Location
Address Newberry, FL
Latitude 29° 41' 56.26'' N (29.698962°)
Longitude 82° 34' 2.09'' W (-82.567246°)
Elevation 35.50951m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2019-04-04 00:03 EDT
UT Date & Time 2019-04-04 04:03 UT
Duration ≈20s
Direction
Moving direction From up to down
Descent Angle 180°
Moving
Facing azimuth 4.4°
First azimuth 1.2°
First elevation 50°
Last azimuth 350.23°
Last elevation 1°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -15
Color Light Blue
Concurrent Sound
Observation Yes
Remarks As it separated pieces breaking off I heard a pop, pop sound then nothing.
Delayed Sound
Observation Yes
Remarks I heard the boom before I saw the sky lighting up like daytime.
Persistent train
Observation No
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks First I noticed the night sky go quickly from black to light blue to very, very bright like daytime then as the meteor started breaking up the light started dimming down. The furthest piece broken off looked like tail end of red fire. The main piece was surround by what looked like white flames off of it. When it started breaking apart it was like 5 pieces that had other smaller pieves breking off of them.
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks See above..from my perspective out the winshield the main piece looked like the size of a very round basketball.