Reports Report 3551eu (Event 3551-2024)

Observer
Name Vanessa P
Experience Level 3/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Great Barrington, MA
Latitude 42° 14' 22.72'' N (42.239644°)
Longitude 73° 26' 19.2'' W (-73.438667°)
Elevation 320.35141m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2024-07-19 21:30 EDT
UT Date & Time 2024-07-20 01:30 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From down right to up left
Descent Angle 274°
Moving
Facing azimuth 348.29°
First azimuth 22.33°
First elevation 63°
Last azimuth 333.74°
Last elevation 63°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -19
Color White flash on the road, orange when we looked up
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 2s
Length 20°
Remarks Glowing train
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks We saw a flash on the road like lightening, when we looked up it was in two pieces. The piece in front didn’t have a train the second piece had a glowing train
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks See note above