Fireball report

Reports Report 1492a (Event 1492-2012)

Observer
Name	Steve B
Experience Level	3/5
Remarks	-

Location
Address	Mifflintown, PA
Latitude	40° 33' 54.01'' N (40.565003°)
Longitude	77° 23' 34.09'' W (-77.392802°)
Elevation	-

Time and Duration
Local Date & Time	2012-10-12 20:00 EDT
UT Date & Time	2012-10-13 00:00 UT
Duration	≈3.5s

Direction
Moving direction	From up left to down right
Descent Angle	135°

Moving
Facing azimuth	-1°
First azimuth	-1°
First elevation	45°
Last azimuth	-1°
Last elevation	20°

Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude	-9
Color	Green to blue

Concurrent Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Delayed Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	No sound

Persistent train
Observation	Yes
Duration	5s
Length	10°
Remarks	Green to blue fireball as I was facing SSW ( I am using an iPad to report this and the directional map would not allow me to report the direction I was facing.) orange to yellow \'sparks\' followed the green trail for a full 5 seconds... Becoming brighter as the fireball flashed out.

Terminal flash
Observation	Yes
Remarks	Initially bright green fireball... Quite distant... Dozens of yellow to orange \'sparkler\' fragments appeared to immediately reach a terminal velocity when they broke off...(probably pretty small) as the meteor seemed to not slow much at all relatively.

Fragmentation
Observation	Yes
Remarks	-

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