Reports Report 1226o (Event 1226-2014)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Shane S |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | i keep my eyes peeled for these things regularly, considering i live in Space City, and i own 2 telescopes which i observe with on almost a daily basis. one being a 5inch Celestron and the other a 10inch Meade. this was the largest, brightest, most exciting occurrence i have witnessed in the sky thus far... i am very centrally located in Houston, so you know it had to be bright... |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Houston, TX |
| Latitude | 29° 47' 8.76'' N (29.785767°) |
| Longitude | 95° 25' 8.22'' W (-95.41895°) |
| Elevation | 15.930749m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2014-05-29 21:11 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2014-05-30 02:11 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 66.13° |
| First azimuth | 49.52° |
| First elevation | 59° |
| Last azimuth | 74.84° |
| Last elevation | 52° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -18 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | i had just come to a stop on my longboard and started hearing a distant whistling noise actually, like missiles or a plane falling. Immediately after that was when i looked up at my gf to ask if she heard it too, by then i was speechless by what was happening in the sky. |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | i didn't hear anything else other than the noise i previously described, but i certainly felt a "jolt" of energy and every hair on my body was standing straight up. it didn't go away for a few minutes either. almost brought tears to my eyes. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | i saw it (or them) hit the atmosphere and break into a few smaller white balls, leaving long tails, each looked like a large shooting star. The fireball remained visible from orange, then yellow, then very bright white, then gone. it fell downwards quickly from its original angle as it burned up. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | i saw it (or them) hit the atmosphere and break into a few smaller white balls, leaving long tails, each looked like a large shooting star. The fireball remained visible from orange, then yellow, then very bright white, then gone. it fell downwards quickly from its original angle as it burned up. |