Reports Report 74aw (Event 74-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Eleonora P |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I've seen shooting stars before and I enjoy reading about the moon, the stars and the sky. I'm a little knowledgeable about space but not more than your average person. With this being said, I can firmly and accurately state that I am certain of what I saw without a shred of doubt. I feel and believe that it was an asteroid or meteor. I think more asteroid as the line seemed quite long and thick. I was mesmerized for those few seconds. It was absolutely bright and beautiful |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Montréal, Québec (CA) |
| Latitude | 45° 36' 21.34'' N (45.605929°) |
| Longitude | 73° 34' 45.39'' W (-73.579276°) |
| Elevation | 44.97m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-01-07 22:20 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-01-08 03:20 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 236° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 304.91° |
| First azimuth | 266.33° |
| First elevation | 46° |
| Last azimuth | 267.44° |
| Last elevation | 47° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -16 |
| Color | Light Blue, Orange, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | It was the most amazing thing I've seen. It looked like one of those fighting objects from Star Wars when it lights up and then closes. It came and went like a lighting bolt, lasting very few seconds. A little longer than a shooting star. Yet it was incredibly bright, with fire red/orange some kind of neon white with. Hint of blue. It shot into the sky. I was driving north and I looked over to my left as I wanted to change lanes and I saw it! It felt and looked so close to the ground but then it suddenly disappeared leaving a millisecond of trail behind it. And then it was as if the sky returned to its normal state. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |