Fireball report

Reports Report 2765fr (Event 2765-2013)

Observer
Name	Bill P
Experience Level	5/5
Remarks	An avid observer of over 18,000 meteors

Location
Address	Mesa, AZ
Latitude	33° 23' 11.01'' N (33.386393°)
Longitude	111° 45' 28.29'' W (-111.757857°)
Elevation	379.272339m

Time and Duration
Local Date & Time	2013-11-06 20:48 MST
UT Date & Time	2013-11-07 03:48 UT
Duration	≈3.5s

Direction
Moving direction	From up to down
Descent Angle	180°

Moving
Facing azimuth	269.68°
First azimuth	254.22°
First elevation	44°
Last azimuth	255.83°
Last elevation	12°

Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude	-7.5
Color	White, there was color, yellow?, but my color perception is unreliable.

Concurrent Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Delayed Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Persistent train
Observation	Yes
Duration	8s
Length	38°
Remarks	train went from straight to mottled with side streamers, turned dark, should have been visible outside of car window for about 1 minute. With binocs dark train should have been visible for 2 minutes.

Terminal flash
Observation	Yes
Remarks	several brightenings with a central flash, dimmed, continued with more brightenings a terminal flash then faded

Fragmentation
Observation	Yes
Remarks	side pieces were coming off with trails to the central flash, even more pieces just before and during terminal flash

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