Fireball report

Reports Report 500b (Event 500-2021)

Observer
Name	Gordon B
Experience Level	3/5
Remarks	I'm an amateur photographer that shoots primarily the Milky Way over large landscapes. I'm also a retired systems software engineer, who helped design a little telescope down in Texas (HET) 25 years ago.

Location
Address	Paradise Valley, AZ
Latitude	33° 33' 43.49'' N (33.56208°)
Longitude	111° 57' 28.96'' W (-111.958045°)
Elevation	409.09436m

Time and Duration
Local Date & Time	2021-01-22 21:46 MST
UT Date & Time	2021-01-23 04:46 UT
Duration	≈3.5s

Direction
Moving direction	From up right to down left
Descent Angle	240°

Moving
Facing azimuth	270°
First azimuth	-
First elevation	90°
Last azimuth	255°
Last elevation	20°

Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude	-6
Color	Started out yellow, then orange and ended in green with chunks flying off of it in several directions, before it went dark. It appeared to NOT hit the earth.

Concurrent Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Delayed Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Persistent train
Observation	Unknown
Duration	-
Length	-
Remarks	-

Terminal flash
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Fragmentation
Observation	Yes
Remarks	The object appeared overhead, streaking across the sky in front of me, within my primary field of view. As it flew over, the streak changed colors and became thicker, turning green. Near the end of its path, the object fragmented a bit with at least 3 chunks flying off in various directions, however the main body continued for another second running green, then disappeared when about 20 degrees above the horizon. Note - a bit difficult to tell, since there are large hills to the west that obscure the actual horizon.

Fragmentation

Observation

Yes

Remarks

The object appeared overhead, streaking across the sky in front of me, within my primary field of view. As it flew over, the streak changed colors and became thicker, turning green. Near the end of its path, the object fragmented a bit with at least 3 chunks flying off in various directions, however the main body continued for another second running green, then disappeared when about 20 degrees above the horizon. Note - a bit difficult to tell, since there are large hills to the west that obscure the actual horizon.