Reports Report 1448bx (Event 1448-2023)

Observer
Name Leslie M
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Saint-Sauveur, Québec (CA)
Latitude 45° 53' 13.13'' N (45.88698°)
Longitude 74° 8' 37.92'' W (-74.143866°)
Elevation 199.223206m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2023-03-06 22:06 EST
UT Date & Time 2023-03-07 03:06 UT
Duration ≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 115°
Moving
Facing azimuth 260°
First azimuth 259°
First elevation 15°
Last azimuth 267°
Last elevation
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -27
Color White, Light Blue, Light Green
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Unknown
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks The fireball seemed to just come apart as it approached the horizon, breaking up into blue-green-white flashes like a cheap roman candle misfired.
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks As the fireball came apart, there were flashes of blue and green and pieces of it separated in multiple directions and then these smaller pieces which glowed white and continued their fall at a sharper angle until they either dissipated or disappeared from my field of vision which was limited to a deciduous tree line.