Reports Report 5441cj (Event 5441-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Frank W |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | Very starling and beautiful, if brief. We just happened to be driving to work and it fell exactly in our field of vision, high above the horizon. Both my wife and I saw it very clearly. I have seen a few meteors, but none so clearly. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Culpeper, VA |
| Latitude | 38° 23' 50.02'' N (38.397229°) |
| Longitude | 78° 0' 31.32'' W (-78.008699°) |
| Elevation | 99.401466m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-09-30 06:25 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-09-30 10:25 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 178° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 294.96° |
| First azimuth | 298.54° |
| First elevation | 61° |
| Last azimuth | 304.58° |
| Last elevation | 36° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -18 |
| Color | Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | 5° |
| Remarks | Orange fireball with green sparkling and glowing train |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The meteor broke up at the very end of it's trajectory and glowed brighter than it's path |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | At the end of it's trajectory, the meteor disintegrated into many glowing fragments, but I didn't see these fragments continue falling. |