Reports Report 2351g (Event 2351-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Andrew P |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | My choices of degrees for start and finish points is approximate: If it's of any use alongside the other locational info, this fireball (if indeed it was such) passed directly beneath Mars as seen from here (just a degree of elevation lower )which was very bright and red last night and rendered Mars invisible for a second or two by it's brightness. Wonder if the very very bright pale green observed was influenced by the red? Also within the section on brightness I may have erred to the cautious side, being no expert I didn't wan't to exaggerate; though this was to a shooting star what a big paintbrush mark is to a technical pen stroke and passing right beneath Mars the trail's width was in the order of 4+ times the diameter. The night was crystal clear and we were outdoors and it was in our field of vision beginning to end. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Alcaucín, Andalucía (ES) |
| Latitude | 36° 54' 48.61'' N (36.913503°) |
| Longitude | 4° 7' 19.88'' W (-4.12219°) |
| Elevation | 352.383m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-07-08 23:04 CEST |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-07-08 21:04 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 95° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 175° |
| First azimuth | 169.04° |
| First elevation | 30° |
| Last azimuth | 181° |
| Last elevation | 25° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -10 |
| Color | Light Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 10s |
| Length | 13° |
| Remarks | Looked grainy, particle filled, at first near as bright as the lightning-flash bright of the initial passage, faded at similar rate to aeroplane vapour trail. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Couldn't say there was a flash per se, meteor fireball initial sight at lightning/ retina burn bright, you could have seen it with your eyes closed, then it was there for a few seconds and then gone, Quite abruptly, no fade of the lead object. Fragmentation seen was in the train not as an impact looking event at the front. |