Reports Report 4442bd (Event 4442-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Benjamin A |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I watch meteor showers every summer and when I hear of them during the year. This is by far the brightest one I’ve ever seen and the first time I’ve seen the fragmentation. As the meteor approached my horizon I became fearful that it would reach the earth and at the moments it broke up into smaller pieces. It was the brightest fireball and the brightest tail I’ve ever seen and the tail seemed to linger unusually long. Also, my horizon would have been effected by the fact that I was driving up hill in the mountains at the time of the sighting (the incline eastbound on I-70 going up Floyd Hill). Thanks! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Evergreen, CO |
| Latitude | 39° 42' 54.04'' N (39.715011°) |
| Longitude | 105° 23' 52.08'' W (-105.397799°) |
| Elevation | 2335.742432m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-08-14 21:00 MDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-08-15 03:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 122° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 91.1° |
| First azimuth | 77.35° |
| First elevation | 45° |
| Last azimuth | 118° |
| Last elevation | 18° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | Steady, bright streak |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | As it approached my horizon, (I was driving up a steep incline on I-70), it went from one glowing ball to break up in the many smaller glowing balls,perhaps 5 or 8. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | See above, a breaking up of the meteor into a bunch of smaller ones at the tail end of the trajectory shape you before it reached my horizon to the east |