Reports Report 1115d (Event 1115-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Mikey L |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | - |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | peoria, AZ |
| Latitude | 33° 39' 24.99'' N (33.656942°) |
| Longitude | 112° 14' 43.46'' W (-112.245405°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-08-10 21:15 MDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-08-11 04:15 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 24.04812° |
| First azimuth | 13.44396° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 24.04036° |
| Last elevation | 30° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | white to orange to orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | No sounds - I\'ve heard sounds only Once before from a falling meteor, but (believe me - I was listening) i definitely did not hear anything, nor any crash landing. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | Glowing train - very bright and short lived. I just happened to look up towards the sky (W/NW) and all of sudden there was a fireball coming down and to the north from where i was standing. At the very first i thought it a large firecracker, but it was accelerating much too fast (whoom, out the door with that theory), there was a bright white fireball with a large (10-20 deg) train. The meteor was changing colors and brightening, to firerey ? color (close enough) - so yes, brightening with orange and then seemingly to red. All the while the train was gaining in length and brightness of white. So, there ya go. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | As the fireball was gaining speed (or maybe in brightness to the W/NW - coming just slightly more towards the E/NE - If the there was an impact it would have been in front of me, so somewhere in between Las Vegas and me (approx. Phoenix, AZ). As the fireball grew in brightness, hitting the atmosphere, it also seemed to be accelerating (seemingly, but most definitely not). The big finale of bright red color and bits falling off as it went - I\'d have to say that it stayed together pretty well for as large and bright as it looked. Not 100% sure, but the fragmentation broke off as slight splinters of white, burning out very quickly. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |