Observer | |
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Name | Renata G |
Experience Level | 3/5 |
Remarks | This was my first fireball - spectacular! I live with a hill to the south and west of me, so I saw the fireball disappear but it was big!M deck is plumbed so I look out north ver the sea, and the night sky on the east coast of the island where I live is brilliant for star gazing. I head out the last thing every night for one last glimpse, and that’s when I observed it. From my viewpoint, it approached out of the north, heading due south. I first saw it under the belt of Orion, after turning to see what was lighting up the sky. It was moving fast. I went to my SkyView app and took a photo of where Orion is with respect to my deck view. Let me know if this would help.Cheers! Renata |
Location | |
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Address | , Saint John (BB) |
Latitude | 13° 11' 15.71'' N (13.19°) |
Longitude | 59° 29' 48.82'' W (-59.5°) |
Elevation | 172.48m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2022-01-23 23:50 AST |
UT Date & Time | 2022-01-24 03:50 UT |
Duration | ≈1.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up right to down left |
Descent Angle | 263° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 270° |
First azimuth | 340° |
First elevation | 35° |
Last azimuth | 165° |
Last elevation | 25° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
Color | Red orange |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | No |
Duration | - |
Length | - |
Remarks | - |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | I saw a brightness in the sky at the beginning - it’s what caught my peripheral vision, and pulled my eyes to the western sky to witness the fireball |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | The fireball broke fragmented in front of my eyes, leaving a smaller bit behind it. Both on the same trajectory. The smaller piece looked with the naked eye to be about 1/10th the size of the main piece. |