Observer | |
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Name | Lucretia D |
Experience Level | 4/5 |
Remarks | I see many meteors here on the ridge but I have never seen anything anywhere near this spectacular, huge and close! I wasn't smoking or drinking anything. I am a professional realist artist. |
Location | |
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Address | Mars Hill, NC |
Latitude | 35° 48' 42.98'' N (35.81°) |
Longitude | 82° 32' 41.32'' W (-82.54°) |
Elevation | 699.62m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2018-02-19 21:55 EST |
UT Date & Time | 2018-02-20 02:55 UT |
Duration | ≈7.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up left to down right |
Descent Angle | 115° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 272.26° |
First azimuth | 224.41° |
First elevation | 33° |
Last azimuth | 273.68° |
Last elevation | 10° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -21 |
Color | Purple, Green, Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | Unknown |
Remarks | - |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | Yes |
Duration | 1s |
Length | 13° |
Remarks | The train was extremely long and bright yellow-white and the whole thing had a glowing effect and the glow extended beyond the train. The fireball had 3 distinct pause/recharge phases, if that makes sense. In other words, It seemed like it was about to be over and seemed to re-surge 3 times. The fireball was huge and magnificent like nothing I have ever seen. My son was with me and we kept talking in amazement as it kept going. The head was solid and it appeared to be about 1/6th of the size of a low full moon and the whole thing had an extremely bright intensity. The green color extended into the train and the orange did a little. Wow! I don't know if the resurgent action I described would be called a terminal flash, but each time it happened, the brightness intensified- like gearing up. |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |