Reports Report 3737abk (Event 3737-2016)
This report has been linked to the following event: Event 3737-2016
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Thomas D |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | Definitely knew that it was a meteor, it was too large and round in shape with extreme amount of fire breaking off of it.this was the first time I saw anything like this so large and fast that close to earth with my own eyes ,awesome. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Buffalo, NY |
| Latitude | 42° 58' 3.45'' N (42.97°) |
| Longitude | 78° 53' 52.12'' W (-78.9°) |
| Elevation | 183.91m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-10-04 22:25 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-10-05 02:25 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 170° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 127.4° |
| First azimuth | - |
| First elevation | - |
| Last azimuth | 114.52° |
| Last elevation | - |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
| Color | Orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Fireball exhausted flames of debree falling off of ball, seemed like about 4 miles above earth's surface,only viewed about 3 to 4 seconds awesome. |