Reports Report 30g (Event 30-2022)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Davide P |
| Experience Level | 5/5 |
| Remarks | This is probabily the best fireball event I ever seen in my 25 years of astronomy. My sight was kidnapped by its first apparition and I was astonished during and the event as I couldn't find my phone to register notes. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | , Apulia (IT) |
| Latitude | 40° 58' 17.67'' N (40.971574°) |
| Longitude | 16° 18' 8.05'' E (16.302237°) |
| Elevation | 591.387695m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-01-02 06:31 CET |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-01-02 05:31 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 265° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 247.58° |
| First azimuth | 254.1° |
| First elevation | 29° |
| Last azimuth | 183.99° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Light Blue, Green, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I heard a sound like leaves suddenly moved by a strong gust of wind, during the second time it fragmented in three further pieces. |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 3° |
| Remarks | Every fragmentation released a little tail and then, while disappearing, it left a longer tail. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The fireball, a slow fireball, fragmented in total five bright pieces further than the main one, twice in its path on the sky. Two pieces on first time and other three little pieces a second time. |