Observer | |
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Name | Angela H |
Experience Level | 3/5 |
Remarks | very amazing event, enough for me to look online to report it |
Location | |
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Address | Tulia, TX |
Latitude | 34° 32' 51.95'' N (34.55°) |
Longitude | 101° 46' 16.85'' W (-101.77°) |
Elevation | 1064.73m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2014-09-02 05:49 CDT |
UT Date & Time | 2014-09-02 10:49 UT |
Duration | ≈3.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up left to down right |
Descent Angle | 135° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 315° |
First azimuth | 305° |
First elevation | 30° |
Last azimuth | 325° |
Last elevation | 25° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
Color | Light Yellow |
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 | Yes |
Duration | 6s |
Length | 18° |
Remarks | very wide glowing train, that glowed for at least 6 seconds or more very brightly, then it began to fade over the next 6 to 8 seconds, it lit up the entire sky like a flash of lightning. I was looking straight in the direction when it occurred, my friend had his back to it and thought it was a strike of lightning because of the flash of light . I have never seen one this huge EVER in my life |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | it was extremely wide and the fragmentation light burned for quite a while, it just hung in the sky |