Observer |
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Name | Susan R |
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Experience Level | 2/5 |
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Remarks | this is the second fireball I have seen in 6 months |
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Location |
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Address | Seaford, NY |
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Latitude | 40° 41' 31'' N (40.69°) |
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Longitude | 73° 29' 14.31'' W (-73.49°) |
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Elevation | 13.37m |
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Time and Duration |
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Local Date & Time | 2016-01-25 21:42 EST |
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UT Date & Time | 2016-01-26 02:42 UT |
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Duration | ≈20s |
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Direction |
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Moving direction | From up right to down left |
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Descent Angle | 250° |
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Moving |
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Facing azimuth | 262.75° |
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First azimuth | 274.88° |
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First elevation | 59° |
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Last azimuth | 267.98° |
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Last elevation | 41° |
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Brightness and color |
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Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
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Color | Light Blue, Orange, White |
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Concurrent Sound |
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Observation | No |
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Remarks | - |
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Delayed Sound |
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Observation | No |
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Remarks | - |
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Persistent train |
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Observation | Yes |
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Duration | 7s |
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Length | 30° |
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Remarks | long glowing tail appeared narrow at first then definite "head" emerged |
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Terminal flash |
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Observation | Yes |
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Remarks | narrow bright flash terminated with bright white flash and then suddenly it was gone |
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Fragmentation |
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Observation | Yes |
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Remarks | after bright white flash several orange sparks floated slower in same direction that object had been traveling them they went out |
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