Reports Report 583g (Event 583-2015)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | David F |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I've watched meteor showers with friends and family off and on my whole life, but living in a fairly big city - Austin - often meant light pollution, and I've only seen maybe half a dozen good fireballs in my whole life. Although this one was short, it's brightness and vivid coloring made it the best of them. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Round Rock, TX |
| Latitude | 30° 29' 57.13'' N (30.499202°) |
| Longitude | 97° 41' 12.65'' W (-97.686847°) |
| Elevation | 228.587555m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2015-03-06 02:25 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2015-03-06 08:25 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 249° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 123.09° |
| First azimuth | 124.23° |
| First elevation | 15° |
| Last azimuth | 112.78° |
| Last elevation | 11° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -9 |
| Color | Blue-Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 10s |
| Length | 5° |
| Remarks | Glowing train that was almost conical, as the terminal flash was so bright |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Noticed it only in peripheral vision at first, so by the time I brought my eyes up it has almost completed its run and the flash had already just occurred; so vividly green I thought it might be a firework at first, but its singular streak was too much like the handful of fireballs I've seen for that to be the case; no fragmentation, just very bright |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |