Reports Report 2271ke (Event 2271-2022)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Rod S |
| Experience Level | 5/5 |
| Remarks | I have been an astronomer for 40 years. This was one of the brightest, most dramatic fireballs I have ever seen. Was setting up my 20" reflector telescope and happened to be looking west when it appeared, passed through belt of Orion ending near tree tops just north of due west in glow of sunset |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Oshkosh, WI |
| Latitude | 43° 55' 8.16'' N (43.918933°) |
| Longitude | 88° 30' 44.84'' W (-88.512456°) |
| Elevation | 240.775528m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-04-09 20:40 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-04-10 01:40 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 118° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 90° |
| First azimuth | 75° |
| First elevation | 25° |
| Last azimuth | 95° |
| Last elevation | 18° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -9 |
| Color | white to yellow to orange to bright metallic green to red cinder |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | train seemed dusky reddish faded away quickly |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | object slowed down quickly as color changed from white to yellow to red/orange before flashing bright metallic green then fading to red cider that slowly seemed to fall to earth |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |