Reports Report 2539aj (Event 2539-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Andrew C |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I have seen shooting stars and meteor showers but the was unbelievable i have never seen anything so bright and beautiful and it seemed rather close the colors started as bright red in the middle and faded through orange yellow and white through the tail |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Bloomfield, NY |
| Latitude | 42° 54' 43.36'' N (42.912044°) |
| Longitude | 77° 24' 42.82'' W (-77.411895°) |
| Elevation | 254.170715m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-05-25 00:30 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-05-25 04:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down right to up left |
| Descent Angle | 293° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 274.2° |
| First azimuth | 338.71° |
| First elevation | 71° |
| Last azimuth | 145.08° |
| Last elevation | 19° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -17 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | we heard 7 or 8 mini booms with in a 45 minute time span before seeing the fire ball it sounded like tanarite exploding off in the distance but we did not see the fireball until about 5 minutes after we heard the last explosion. |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Heard the same boom a couple minutes after seeing the fireball |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 15° |
| Remarks | it was a glowing orange that went to light orange yellow light yellow to white light |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | the fireball had just appeared as we were laying in the grass pretty much overhead as a bright red orange light kind of looked like a rocket |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |