Reports Report 1487g (Event 1487-2025)
| Observer | |
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| Name | Joe M |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | Bad picture it was fast tried grabbing my phone sooner but was a bit in awe of it. :(. I believe it was a great example of a bolide possibly. |
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| Location | |
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| Address | Emmetsburg, IA |
| Latitude | 43° 6' 41.97'' N (43.111657°) |
| Longitude | 94° 40' 23.33'' W (-94.673148°) |
| Elevation | 377.990723m |
| Time and Duration | |
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| Local Date & Time | 2025-03-11 00:20 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2025-03-11 05:20 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
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| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 93° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | - |
| First azimuth | 243.24° |
| First elevation | 27° |
| Last azimuth | 215.09° |
| Last elevation | 25° |
| Brightness and color | |
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| Stellar Magnitude | -17 |
| Color | Yellow, White |
| 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 | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | My picture is after the first explosion it actually did twice unfortunately I was only able to catch it when it was just about to explode the second time. My camera wasn't quick enough from pocket to snap. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Long tail like a Sparkler being moved fast then it sort of stopped and was a dot, exploded again, and then dot, and then exploded again. No sound on any of it. It was rather large! Looked sort of like if you took one piece of the SpaceX rocket that exploded would look like. |