Reports Report 451fa (Event 451-2015)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Rocky R |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | Have two photos as I was taking pics of the aurora when the fireball passed me coming from my right rear. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Keller, WA |
| Latitude | 48° 2' 35.76'' N (48.043268°) |
| Longitude | 118° 40' 34.34'' W (-118.676205°) |
| Elevation | 459.691284m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2015-02-23 21:56 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2015-02-24 05:56 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 265° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 59.96° |
| First azimuth | 74.31° |
| First elevation | 27° |
| Last azimuth | 17.66° |
| Last elevation | 11° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -6 |
| Color | Purple, Orange, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It appeared to be a band of light, at least twice as wide Jupiter traveling in a northerly direction, almost ghost like and I could see what appeared to be debris within the band, or it was stars on the other side of it. It appeared different to the eye than what I got in the photos. I believe it was a fireball disintegrating at a very high altitude because of the time it was visible. I have two photos of it. The first one the object entered the field of view at the end of a 20 second exposure, then appears fainter and farther away in the second photo. |