Reports Report 3355t (Event 3355-2013)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Ronnie W |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | website: www.astrorad.com |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Piperton, TN |
| Latitude | 35° 1' 54.99'' N (35.031943°) |
| Longitude | 89° 38' 25.05'' W (-89.640292°) |
| Elevation | 109.160561m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2013-12-17 23:01 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2013-12-18 05:01 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | - |
| First azimuth | 23.45° |
| First elevation | - |
| Last azimuth | 15.46° |
| Last elevation | 32° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -16 |
| Color | Light Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I am an amateur astronomer and have followed meteor showers for years. This was by far the brightest I have ever seen and instead of fizzling out like most meteors do, there was a bright green "explosion" at the end. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | After streaking for about a second along a SSE to NNW trajectory, there was a sudden flash that was bright green with a bit of blue that reminded me of the color of the comet Hyakutake. At the flash, there was a very brief fragmentation, with one bright fragment visible northward toward the horizon for about a half second. I pulled out my cell phone and it was 11:01 pm. |