Reports Report 1314s (Event 1314-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Diana C |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | This sighting was awesome!!! I was totally speechless and was hoping someone else may have gotten lucky enough to catch a photo of it. I’m sure other people saw it too.. would be really hard for me to believe if you don’t get other reports of this potential fireball.. would also be really unfortunate! Cause, I’m telling ya— THAT was IMPRESSIVE! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Durham, NC |
| Latitude | 36° 0' 29.27'' N (36.008131°) |
| Longitude | 78° 53' 45'' W (-78.895834°) |
| Elevation | 116.653015m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-03-17 23:30 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-03-18 03:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 260° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 274.32° |
| First azimuth | 297.66° |
| First elevation | 60° |
| Last azimuth | 262.97° |
| Last elevation | 44° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I thought it was a shooting star at first, but then the front circle part of the meteor got bigger and seemed like it had crashed harder into the atmosphere and the impact made a big burst burst of flame-like colors! |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | If I’m correct in my assumption of what fragmentation means… What I saw was it start out “small” , Like an impressive meteor during a meteor shower observation… Then I was shocked that it didn’t taper off and fade like a normal shooting star… Instead it burst and got bigger and brighter and really looked like a fireball. That first burst melted away and actually disappeared almost entirely… May be entirely for a split second before Another huge burst of light in color, slightly smaller than the first one but still much bigger and brighter than any shooting stars I’ve seen before in my life.. I s t a r g a z e quite a bit and have patiently waited through lots of meteor showers… This was different and much more violent looking and explosive than I’ve ever seen. |