Fireball report

Reports Report 1974am (Event 1974-2023)

Observer
Name	Richard B
Experience Level	4/5
Remarks	Best fireball I've seen for around 5 to 10 years

Location
Address	Barford, England (GB)
Latitude	52° 14' 26.76'' N (52.240768°)
Longitude	1° 36' 16.72'' W (-1.604645°)
Elevation	47.095188m

Time and Duration
Local Date & Time	2023-04-07 22:50 BST
UT Date & Time	2023-04-07 21:50 UT
Duration	≈3.5s

Direction
Moving direction	From up right to down left
Descent Angle	183°

Moving
Facing azimuth	287.57°
First azimuth	291.11°
First elevation	83°
Last azimuth	292.6°
Last elevation	33°

Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude	-12
Color	Orange

Concurrent Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Delayed Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Persistent train
Observation	Unknown
Duration	-
Length	-
Remarks	-

Terminal flash
Observation	Yes
Remarks	The object flashed and broke into 3 visible smaller bright objects. The original object persisted around 1/2 seconds longer than than the other 2 on its original trajectory. The other 2 smaller fragments split off about 2-5 degrees to a more westerly direction (left) of the original object. Then a 3 fragments quickly disappeared.

Fragmentation
Observation	Yes
Remarks	Yes see terminal flash description

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