Fireball report

Reports Report 5012ir (Event 5012-2023)

Observer
Name	Kim C
Experience Level	3/5
Remarks	-

Location
Address	Wheaton-Glenmont, MD
Latitude	39° 2' 25.67'' N (39.040463°)
Longitude	77° 3' 23.96'' W (-77.056656°)
Elevation	138.129013m

Time and Duration
Local Date & Time	2023-09-03 21:25 EDT
UT Date & Time	2023-09-04 01:25 UT
Duration	≈3.5s

Direction
Moving direction	From up right to down left
Descent Angle	250°

Moving
Facing azimuth	337.6°
First azimuth	345.98°
First elevation	55°
Last azimuth	322.84°
Last elevation	30°

Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude	-18
Color	Green, Light Green, Light Yellow, White

Concurrent Sound
Observation	Unknown
Remarks	-

Delayed Sound
Observation	Unknown
Remarks	-

Persistent train
Observation	Unknown
Duration	-
Length	-
Remarks	-

Terminal flash
Observation	Yes
Remarks	it was so bright & so sudden I almost wondered if it could be a firecracker; but it was a single streak brightening & ending in a flare, like shooting stars I've seen in meteor showers, but much brighter & larger, so seeming closer, so much I then seriously wondered if there could be fragments left to land as a meteorite not far away (a few miles north maybe?!) though it seemed to flare out, like maybe it burned up; heard no sound, but I was wearing headphones & a firecracker that large & big would have popped loud enough to not only hear over my music, but to feel vibration; the eerie thing about the bright light was the silence; seemed to shift through shades, maybe white through yellow to green, or vv; my first impression was to tell others around me, "Did you see that? Such a bright light! It was GREEN!"

Terminal flash

Observation

Yes

Remarks

it was so bright & so sudden I almost wondered if it could be a firecracker; but it was a single streak brightening & ending in a flare, like shooting stars I've seen in meteor showers, but much brighter & larger, so seeming closer, so much I then seriously wondered if there could be fragments left to land as a meteorite not far away (a few miles north maybe?!) though it seemed to flare out, like maybe it burned up; heard no sound, but I was wearing headphones & a firecracker that large & big would have popped loud enough to not only hear over my music, but to feel vibration; the eerie thing about the bright light was the silence; seemed to shift through shades, maybe white through yellow to green, or vv; my first impression was to tell others around me, "Did you see that? Such a bright light! It was GREEN!"

Fragmentation
Observation	Unknown
Remarks	-