Reports Report 454fl (Event 454-2017)
This report has been linked to the following event: Event 454-2017
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kevin P |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | - |
| Location | |
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| Address | Madison, WI |
| Latitude | 43° 2' 35.39'' N (43.04°) |
| Longitude | 89° 15' 28.21'' W (-89.26°) |
| Elevation | 266.01m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-02-06 01:25 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-02-06 07:25 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 197° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 85° |
| First azimuth | 85° |
| First elevation | 90° |
| Last azimuth | 75° |
| Last elevation | 35° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -23 |
| Color | Orange, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 55° |
| Remarks | For posterity's sake, it happened at approximately 1:25:10-1:25:30 am. I was driving eastbound on Hwy 12 & 18 just past the Yahara Hills Golf Course when the sky began to light up in a brilliant light green/blue. It looked like daylight, minding the color. After about 4 seconds, I then saw this meteor with a wobbling orange tail fall from my 11 o'clock to my 10 o'clock, based on my heading. It appeared to burn-up 5/8's of the way down from the top of my windshield, used as a reference. Then the sky went dark again. I had rolled my window down, but I didn't hear a report. If I had to speculate, it looks like its trajectory would've sent it a few hundred miles from where I was, if anything of it survived the fall. Hope to hear more about this, keep me posted! |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |