Fireball report

Reports Report 3116d (Event 3116-2019)

Observer
Name	Mazy B
Experience Level	4/5
Remarks	I find it hard to estimate stellar magnitude - this thing was bright but small. It didn't light up the landscape but it was white hot arc weld bright, and the colourful lead up and trail out of the track was more spectacular than any I have seen. I think at one time you had an option to report how long the track lingered (a second or so). For example Jupiter's pretty bright, and I enjoyed watching the ISS pass twice tonight, and I think it was meant to be -3.7 which made it brighter than Jupe, but this thing was phosphorus burning bright. But small. And so fast I didn't have time to register if the landscape could be illuminated at all, but the ISS is certainly not going to illuminate the ground, this thing could. Moon was already up too waning gibbous.

Location
Address	Summerland, British Columbia (CA)
Latitude	49° 36' 56.49'' N (49.615693°)
Longitude	119° 40' 16.97'' W (-119.67138°)
Elevation	489.894043m

Time and Duration
Local Date & Time	2019-07-21 00:00 PDT
UT Date & Time	2019-07-21 07:00 UT
Duration	<1s

Direction
Moving direction	From up right to down left
Descent Angle	265°

Moving
Facing azimuth	74.48°
First azimuth	93.86°
First elevation	59°
Last azimuth	63.82°
Last elevation	49°

Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude	-7
Color	Pink, Dark Blue, Blue, Light Blue, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red, White

Concurrent Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Delayed Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Persistent train
Observation	Unknown
Duration	-
Length	-
Remarks	-

Terminal flash
Observation	Yes
Remarks	Very briefly as bright as arc welding then dimming to red and still progressing briefly. Brighter than anything I've seen in the sky besides the sun and I have seen some big, long, bright meteors. The flash reminded me of camera footage of that fireball in Russia a few years back that made the news because it broke so may windows. Obviously much smaller scale and did not light up the landscape but painful bright.

Terminal flash

Observation

Yes

Remarks

Very briefly as bright as arc welding then dimming to red and still progressing briefly. Brighter than anything I've seen in the sky besides the sun and I have seen some big, long, bright meteors. The flash reminded me of camera footage of that fireball in Russia a few years back that made the news because it broke so may windows. Obviously much smaller scale and did not light up the landscape but painful bright.

Fragmentation
Observation	No
Remarks	-