Reports Report 4384e (Event 4384-2019)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jennifer W |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | There was a distinct ball glowing brightly with a slightly less bright glowing trail. It looked like a shooting star, but much larger. I was driving and it appeared to come from just behind me to the right, then streaked across my view and disappeared in the sky a second later. It appeared (from my perspective) to be descending, though not at a steep angle. I regularly watch meteor showers, but I’d never seen anything like this and had to ask my son (17) if he saw it, too, just to be sure it was real (he did, but he called it a blue fireball, whereas I saw a greenish blue). |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Street, MD |
| Latitude | 39° 37' 34.57'' N (39.62627°) |
| Longitude | 76° 19' 42.88'' W (-76.328579°) |
| Elevation | 96.727074m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2019-09-11 22:45 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2019-09-12 02:45 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 257° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 348.4° |
| First azimuth | 3.21° |
| First elevation | 36° |
| Last azimuth | 339.69° |
| Last elevation | 19° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Light Blue, Light Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |