Reports Report 2158se (Event 2158-2013)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Brian L |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | In 25 years of active meteor watching, we have never seen a longer lasting or more stunning meteor. It lasted long enough for our son to alert us, for us to turn to find it, to "oooh and ahhh" over it, then begin to wonder if it was a plane and we were being silly, back to realizing it WAS a meteor and back to "ooohing and ahhhing", again. Just spectacular! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Madisonville, TN |
| Latitude | 35° 33' 41.44'' N (35.561511°) |
| Longitude | 84° 22' 2.62'' W (-84.367395°) |
| Elevation | 303.360199m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2013-09-28 19:30 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2013-09-28 23:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From right to left |
| Descent Angle | 270° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 263.88° |
| First azimuth | 271.64° |
| First elevation | 57° |
| Last azimuth | 239.29° |
| Last elevation | 59° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -17 |
| Color | Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 12s |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | a glowing train that faded |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It just broke up into smaller that we saw for a split second before it all went dark |