Reports Report 373au (Event 373-2012)

Observer
Name eric s
Experience Level 3/5
Remarks The direction was more DOWN than across. Nearly straight down, but traveling left to right diagonally. The graphics on the web page on the direction were not very representative. I would a steeper angled path to the page.
Location
Address oklahoma city, OK
Latitude 35° 26' 58.83'' N (35.449676°)
Longitude 97° 29' 14.78'' W (-97.48744°)
Elevation -
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2012-03-13 06:45 CDT
UT Date & Time 2012-03-13 11:45 UT
Duration ≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 135°
Moving
Facing azimuth 318.68191°
First azimuth 318.12052°
First elevation 45°
Last azimuth 316.52734°
Last elevation 30°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -9
Color blue to green then orange
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks I was driving and did not hear anything associated with the meteor.
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 2.5s
Length 10°
Remarks Glowing trail. When the meteor was extinguished it was exploding.
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks Started as a blue streak and then started sparking. It changed colors to green. It then disappeared slightly and then reappeared orange and was really fragmenting at the end.
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks -