Reports Report 1632a (Event 1632-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Katharine C |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | Almost no light pollution and clear conditions and during a particularly active night of aurora. I was driving and took a screenshot of my gps map almost immediately after seeing it, as soon as it was safe to do so, which is how I estimated the location and recorded the timestamp. However, I'm not 100% sure which direction I was facing the moment of the fireball, as the road had curves, but I was driving south. I think I was going around a curve such that I was pointed left as it was happening and turned towards the right shortly afterwards. It was much brighter than the aurora, and appeared almost perfectly circular with a fiery train of sparkles. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | , AK |
| Latitude | 65° 47' 17.35'' N (65.788154°) |
| Longitude | 149° 23' 46.23'' W (-149.396176°) |
| Elevation | 490.869843m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-02-28 02:28 AKDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-02-28 11:28 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 256° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 118.26° |
| First azimuth | 118.55° |
| First elevation | 31° |
| Last azimuth | 79.34° |
| Last elevation | 24° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -12 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It looked like large hunks of yellow sparkles falling off the back, like melting metal dripping off a burning building. |