Reports Report 5800y (Event 5800-2022)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Rose L |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | This viewing was spectacular! Longest timing and actual visual length from bigging to ending fireball and trail I have ever seen, and the closet one has ever been to me! I have seen many fireballs/meteors that being said, this was the most vibrant color orange and some gold EVER! Hoping this truly was "somethong special" not spacejunk! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Northampton, PA |
| Latitude | 40° 42' 19.27'' N (40.705352°) |
| Longitude | 75° 30' 31.78'' W (-75.508829°) |
| Elevation | 153.88063m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-09-02 20:50 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-09-03 00:50 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 260° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 158.75° |
| First azimuth | 158.28° |
| First elevation | 65° |
| Last azimuth | 82.15° |
| Last elevation | 23° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 45° |
| Remarks | The "fireball" appeared suddenly, out of nowhere moving fairly slow and was very bright, an orangeish shade.The large bright main front piece then broke into two, the first part then burned out, the second broken piece then followed suit, with broken bright pieces behind that looked like a spray in the tail. Those spray tail pieces/trail had been occuring the entire time that the ball appeared and were last to slowly taper off and fade out of view after the large main/front areas disappeared.. It was truly beautiful and seemed very close in the sky. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Saw the main part seperate into two pieces in what seemed like a stalled type surge, then split into two.Possibly from atmosphere entry? |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | This VERY bright ball split into two pieces arriving with a spectacular tail was incredible. The front piece seemed a bit larger than the back fragmented piece when it split, which took a bit after I spotted it.. The fireball pieces once fragmented were very close in equal size, although seperated. |