Reports Report 1828hk (Event 1828-2026)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Raymond L |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I could see what looked like moving fire in the sky. I was driving home from Oakville to Hamilton, having left Oakville at around 8:50 and had reached the part where speed was 90km per hour when I saw the fireball. The fireball had some thickness to it, thicker than a typical streak of a shooting star. It was bright red, like fire, and I could see details of rapid colour flickering, like a computer generating random pixels every millisecond, where every pixel is approximately red, but random. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Burlington, Ontario (CA) |
| Latitude | 43° 17' 46.97'' N (43.29638°) |
| Longitude | 79° 53' 1.7'' W (-79.883806°) |
| Elevation | 103.244896m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2026-03-17 09:10 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2026-03-17 13:10 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 256° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 250.85° |
| First azimuth | 249.23° |
| First elevation | 90° |
| Last azimuth | 248.08° |
| Last elevation | 57° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
| Color | Orange red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | Smoky |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |