Reports Report 4395d (Event 4395-2019)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Seth M |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | Seen many meteor showers, but never imagined seeing something this large and intensely bright. Initially experienced cognitive dissonance it was so far out of the realm of what I thought I could see watching the night sky. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Farmington, MO |
| Latitude | 37° 49' 16.79'' N (37.821331°) |
| Longitude | 90° 24' 46.06'' W (-90.412794°) |
| Elevation | 280.776215m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2019-09-12 03:40 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2019-09-12 08:40 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 111° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 281.87° |
| First azimuth | 223.55° |
| First elevation | 74° |
| Last azimuth | 33.22° |
| Last elevation | 75° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -16 |
| Color | Pink, Blue, Light Green, Orange, Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Boom with trailing rumble |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | Glowing train surrounded by smoke trail with fragmenting |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Fragments shooting off of trail and burning brightly themselves |