Reports Report 2132kj (Event 2132-2013)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sean B |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | This was by far the brightest experience Ive ever witnessed. Id say even out of every meteor shower/shooting star experience I've seen as the previous brightest being a 5. This would rate 3 times as bright, yes a 15, never witnessed the entire area being lit up like a christmas tree before from this. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Walton, KY |
| Latitude | 38° 55' 44.04'' N (38.928901°) |
| Longitude | 84° 35' 38.38'' W (-84.593994°) |
| Elevation | 270.560516m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2013-09-27 23:32 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2013-09-28 03:32 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 70.55° |
| First azimuth | 88.44° |
| First elevation | 47° |
| Last azimuth | 55.35° |
| Last elevation | 34° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -24 |
| Color | Bright Blue with Green tint. With a Red and Orange trail until it faded out. The entire sky lit up as if a huge firework was lit in front of your face. |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 4s |
| Length | 50° |
| Remarks | Was a blue streak, followed by an immediate green trail still bright about 1.5 seconds, fading into a reddish orange color for another 1.5 seconds, then into a faint greyish white trail for about another 1/2 second. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It lit up the entire sky, as if you saw a extremely bright streaking firework, however the entire sky was lit up as if someone had the flash of a camera in the nights sky. It was a bright blue light exactly like the world color in the background of this exact page. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | There was minor, and I mean minor fragmentation, but the flash was so immense 2 people not even looking at the sky, immediately looked up wondering what the bright light was coming from. |