Reports Report 3792de (Event 3792-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Joan Z |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I am a photographer with some astralphotograpy experience (night sky, moon, stars). I was with another person who saw exactly the same thing. We were setting up to photograph Comet Neowise and actually looking at the comet. It looked as if the bolide meteor came right from the comet. Direction was from NW (to left of the bucket of the Big Dipper). It was heading N then East when it fizzled out. It came very close to us - felt like it was only 20’ away. I would describe it as a fiery ball with a long fiery tail. It was totally silent. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | , NM |
| Latitude | 36° 9' 57.76'' N (36.166045°) |
| Longitude | 106° 9' 54.5'' W (-106.165138°) |
| Elevation | 1798.546387m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-07-28 21:30 MDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-07-29 03:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 108° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 331.28° |
| First azimuth | 342.5° |
| First elevation | 8° |
| Last azimuth | 60.72° |
| Last elevation | 7° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -26 |
| Color | Yellow- gold |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It passed us and as we watched it disappear we saw starlike chards, like a dying firecracker and a short greenish trail and then nothing. |