Reports Report 926aa (Event 926-2015)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | K S |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | This was the third brilliant bolide I've seen in my life and it absolutely made my day. I left out an elated yell then came in to report it. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Hagerstown, MD |
| Latitude | 39° 36' 29.52'' N (39.6082°) |
| Longitude | 77° 40' 50.26'' W (-77.680627°) |
| Elevation | 176.518112m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2015-04-17 21:01 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2015-04-18 01:01 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 198° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 89° |
| First azimuth | 88° |
| First elevation | 35° |
| Last azimuth | 88° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -15 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 15° |
| Remarks | Didn't see any smoke, but there was a very bright trail of bright white gas trailing behind the bolide |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It grew in brightness and size, pulsing, and toward the end expanded and might have grown and shrunk a bit before the big bright terminal flash. I think it continued a bit after that, dimming much more quickly than it grew in brightness. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I didn't see any separate streaks break off, but it pulsed a bit in size and brightness which I figured meant it was either tumbling or breaking apart. |