Reports Report 68a (Event 68-2025)
| Observer | |
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| Name | LOU B |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | Both this meteor and the one I reported previously were fairly impressive. The structure at the bottom of both images is the Chesapeake Bay Bridge which is about five miles long, so if you look closely at the dimmer portions of each streak to estimate total length, you can see that these were fairly long fireballs. I saw about a 15-20 meteors between midnight and 4:15AM ET when the clouds rolled in. The two I've sent were the brightest and best. |
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| Location | |
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| Address | Annapolis, MD |
| Latitude | 39° 0' 41.35'' N (39.011487°) |
| Longitude | 76° 23' 42.2'' W (-76.395055°) |
| Elevation | 0.265155m |
| Time and Duration | |
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| Local Date & Time | 2025-01-03 00:46 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-01-03 05:46 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
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| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 105° |
| Moving | |
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| Facing azimuth | 152.1° |
| First azimuth | 126.98° |
| First elevation | 75° |
| Last azimuth | 158.89° |
| Last elevation | 70° |
| Brightness and color | |
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| Stellar Magnitude | -12 |
| Color | Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
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| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 5° |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
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| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Meteor came over fairly slowly then brightened considerably about 80% of the way through its journey. |
| Fragmentation | |
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| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | There were several small streaks grouped tightly around the main meteor. |