Reports Report 5117aa (Event 5117-2024)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kayla H |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I know that every meteor is burning, but this one actually looked like it was on fire. I was driving at the time, and it happened to show up directly in front of me. It was so bright I couldn't miss it. I had never seen a shooting star that was orange or exploded or had fragments like this one. I keep wondering if it was something like a drone or something else that was in the sky that caught fire and exploded, but it was shooting downwards SO fast, I can't imagine it was something that had been flying moments before it caught fire. I didn't realize it was an option to report fireballs until now, so it's been a few weeks since I saw it, and I'm still very curious to know if anyone else saw it. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Mount Gilead, OH |
| Latitude | 40° 36' 26.72'' N (40.607422°) |
| Longitude | 82° 49' 23.86'' W (-82.823294°) |
| Elevation | 352.470337m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2024-09-09 21:21 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-09-10 01:21 UT |
| Duration | <1s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 172° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 182° |
| First azimuth | 181.48° |
| First elevation | 31° |
| Last azimuth | 182.07° |
| Last elevation | 13° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It seemed to explode a couple times on it's way down. Once, immediately after it came in to view. It looked like it was on fire. It was messy looking, not a clean, bright white streak like every other shooting star I've seen. I saw some other bits of things falling and burning along side it. Then, there was an even brighter flash as it disappeared. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It looked like one, large chunk of something falling incredibly fast, almost straight down, but slightly to the right, and around this big, burning chunk were a few smaller pieces that didn't burn the entire length of the streak I saw. I don't know how many there were, since it was there and gone so fast. |