Reports Report 1842ak (Event 1842-2024)
| Observer | |
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| Name | Chris S |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | - |
| Video |
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| Location | |
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| Address | Chesapeake Beach, MD |
| Latitude | 38° 40' 47.09'' N (38.679748°) |
| Longitude | 76° 32' 24.16'' W (-76.540044°) |
| Elevation | 21.326017m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2024-04-10 03:43 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-04-10 07:43 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 121° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 136.11° |
| First azimuth | 74.96° |
| First elevation | 75° |
| Last azimuth | 135.95° |
| Last elevation | 45° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -14 |
| Color | My camera was set to b&w so it only appeared bright white, however other videos I’ve seen of the same fireball showed it being a very bright, almost neon green. |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
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| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Unfortunately, because it was cloudy I couldn’t see the actual fireball. However in the video, you can see an extremely bright flash and nothing else. This matches other videos I’ve seen, where it flashes very bright then almost disappears, there’s no fragmentation. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |