Reports Report 4160fg (Event 4160-2019)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Shannon K |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | We thought it was going to hit while still on fire! It broke up and fizzled out at the tree line from our perspective, scared my daughter into tears actually. The rest of us were ecstatic! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Smoky Lake, Alberta (CA) |
| Latitude | 53° 58' 8.67'' N (53.969075°) |
| Longitude | 112° 34' 50.41'' W (-112.580669°) |
| Elevation | 628m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2019-08-31 22:25 MDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2019-09-01 04:25 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 122° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 94.57° |
| First azimuth | 17.63° |
| First elevation | 65° |
| Last azimuth | 139.35° |
| Last elevation | 6° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | At first the ball was silver/white. Then suddenly there was what looked like silver/white sparks coming off it, a tail appeared and changed colours as it went, a pinky purple to a green blue, the grounds gradually lit up until it looked like mid day and t |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I swear we heard fizzles like a fire work. After several minutes of awe inspired discussion we also heard 2 ( or 1 w echo) booms I guess. Deep sounding like base? |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | See above |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | See previous “colour” comments |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | See previous “ colour “ comments |