Reports Report 154q (Event 154-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Charles N |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | The fireball I am reporting may have been preceded immediately by another fireball in essentially the same path. I was talking to my wife, but she was facing the wrong way to see it, and suddenly I looked up when thought I saw a meteor. She asked me why I stopped talking and looked over her head, and I told her that I thought I saw a meteor. She turned around to see where I thought I saw it, and as I was pointing, the fireball that I am reporting came into view. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Babylon, NY |
| Latitude | 40° 41' 7.07'' N (40.685298°) |
| Longitude | 73° 18' 54.42'' W (-73.315118°) |
| Elevation | 0.46687m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-01-09 17:29 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-01-09 22:29 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 258° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 114.17° |
| First azimuth | 115.07° |
| First elevation | 83° |
| Last azimuth | 74.64° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
| Color | Light Green, Light Yellow, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 8s |
| Length | 12° |
| Remarks | The train appeared to glow faintly, then look like smoke, then it faded away |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Larger pieces broke apart as it fell but appeared to stay bunched up around the main piece, with small fragments trailing behind in the train and then fading away into the train. |