Reports Report 6835b (Event 6835-2020)
| Observer | |
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| Name | Eric S |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | The fireball was fast, maybe a second's duration. The persistent train it left likely lasted longer than 31 minutes. Dawn began in the eastern sky toward the end of my viewing of it. The train was pretty faint at the end of the 31 minute period, but a 20-second exposure photo still shows the train, stretching from near the star Tureus in Puppis to below and to the left of Coma Berenices. While I did not photograph the fireball, I have photos showing the train, from 4:55am MST until 5:26am MST. |
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| Location | |
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| Address | Santa Fe, NM |
| Latitude | 35° 32' 5.61'' N (35.534893°) |
| Longitude | 105° 53' 14.72'' W (-105.887423°) |
| Elevation | 2127.846436m |
| Time and Duration | |
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| Local Date & Time | 2020-11-18 04:55 MST |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-11-18 11:55 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
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| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 133° |
| Moving | |
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| Facing azimuth | 140° |
| First azimuth | 170° |
| First elevation | 50° |
| Last azimuth | 175° |
| Last elevation | 40° |
| Brightness and color | |
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| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
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| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 99.99s |
| Length | 45° |
| Remarks | Train started as a faint, short, straight, red-orange glow. It morphed into a 'smoke ring,' then slowly elongated, stretching from SSW to ESE. The train lasted at least 31 minutes (my first and last photos were taken 31 minutes apart). The meteor was a Leonid. FYI, I saw two bright Leonids about five-ten seconds apart, about ten minutes before I saw the fireball that left the persistent train (the other two meteors did not leave discernable trains). |
| Terminal flash | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |