Reports Report 504n (Event 504-2013)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jennifer B |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | This thing (which a colleague tells me may have been a fireball) was bigger than anything I remember ever seeing in the sky other than the moon or sun. It was so bright I saw it from indoors, with full lights on. And even so it looked astonishingly bright. I was working intently at the computer, which faces a south window. This thing was so bright it attracted my attention upward from the computer, out the window. There was a trail, but it didn't remain after the thing disappeared. I guess I vaguely remember seeing Haley's comet some years ago, and maybe it was about that big, or not as big, I really don't remember, but this thing was definitely bigger than anything I've ever seen that I would (as a layperson) call a shooting star. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Greenville, NC |
| Latitude | 35° 36' 14.69'' N (35.604081°) |
| Longitude | 77° 21' 14.82'' W (-77.354118°) |
| Elevation | 10.365408m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2013-02-27 20:10 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2013-02-28 01:10 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 180° |
| First azimuth | 185° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 190° |
| Last elevation | 40° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -21 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | -1s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |