Reports Report 3336a (Event 3336-2024)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Felicity B |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I’ve seen a number of shooting stars in my life, but this was the first one I can say I saw an actual explosion from. At first I thought it could have been a starlink, but VERY quickly realized it was a meteor that then exploded and burnt out |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Winston-Salem, NC |
| Latitude | 35° 59' 48.93'' N (35.996925°) |
| Longitude | 80° 11' 53.42'' W (-80.198172°) |
| Elevation | 272.845062m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2024-07-07 21:54 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-07-08 01:54 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down left to up right |
| Descent Angle | 39° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 60° |
| First azimuth | 60° |
| First elevation | 50° |
| Last azimuth | 60° |
| Last elevation | 45° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Like a bigger (than the meteor) white explosion and then nothing. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |