Reports Report 7950bq (Event 7950-2022)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Nicole S |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | This is the 3rd fireball I've seen in past week or so, and I've never seen anything like this before then, and I'm a night owl and spend hours looking at night sky very regularly and have seen too many regular meteors/shooting stars to count. This was a whole other ballgame. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | East Montpelier, VT |
| Latitude | 44° 16' 9.31'' N (44.269253°) |
| Longitude | 72° 27' 56.62'' W (-72.465729°) |
| Elevation | 210.027252m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-11-03 21:15 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-11-04 01:15 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 137° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 173.93° |
| First azimuth | 116.47° |
| First elevation | 46° |
| Last azimuth | 180.62° |
| Last elevation | 1° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 60° |
| Remarks | Glowing train but WAY larger and brighter than a typical shooting star (and orange rather than whiteish). Faded maybe a second after the explosion-ball seemed to have hit ground just over the treeline |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Came in fast and trail was still visible and as it crossed horizon it looked like explosion, quadruple in size as compared to when streaking higher in sky. Looked like it landed right on other side of hill in the woods but a mile or so back maybe? It was SO close. I'm shocked I didn't hear a massive explosion. Cars were passing, not that that would make any difference |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |