Reports Report 5940el (Event 5940-2021)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Barbara G |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | It was amazing and so cool! At first, I thought I was seeing some fireworks being set off by a neighbor (maybe a party? graduation/festive event?). Then when it was just there and then gone, with nothing more, and I realized I had seen an astronomical event and thought it might be more local to our area (could the meteor have landed somewhere in our neighborhood?) and it was super magical to realize this! Thanks so much to all of you who gather this info and maintain this website. Meteors are amazing, but equally amazing is the organization y'all have and the hard work y'all do to collect all this info and keep track of these phenomena! Bravo! :) |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Wilmington, NC |
| Latitude | 34° 10' 38'' N (34.177223°) |
| Longitude | 77° 53' 33.98'' W (-77.892772°) |
| Elevation | 13.982252m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2021-09-24 19:40 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2021-09-24 23:40 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down right to up left |
| Descent Angle | 295° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 75° |
| First azimuth | 85° |
| First elevation | 50° |
| Last azimuth | 76° |
| Last elevation | 40° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
| Color | Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |