Reports Report 1775gz (Event 1775-2019)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | matt s |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | Usually the meteors I see are thin, high altitude, white streaks. Those are very pleasant to watch. This one looked like something out of a Michael bey movie, and it caused me to scream "holy s***!" as it appeared so large, and so low, that I was worried we we're about to have a ground impact. After it burned up, I relaxed, and this is now the most beautiful meteor I have had the pleasure of witnessing! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Egg Harbor Township, NJ |
| Latitude | 39° 21' 27.04'' N (39.357512°) |
| Longitude | 74° 35' 48.74'' W (-74.596871°) |
| Elevation | 8.467431m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2019-04-16 23:00 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2019-04-17 03:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 94° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 101.16° |
| First azimuth | 76.58° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 134.62° |
| Last elevation | 41° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
| Color | Green contrails, top And bottom, orange burning head as it disintegrated and vanished |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It flashed and lit up my yard bright green, which caused me to look up from the porch I was sitting on to see what the source was. I saw two thick green contrails , from top and bottom of a burning fireball that was orange and spitting sparkly debris. It then burnt out above me in the night sky, no sound. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Spitting debris from burning head like when a log in a fireplace projects tiny explosions of fire that burn out after launching from the log. |