Observer | |
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Name | Kelly C |
Experience Level | 2/5 |
Remarks | Very green light; at first I thought it was a meteor, then I wondered if anyone was doing fireworks in the very early morning hours. I Googled green meteor and saw that such a thing exists. Very dramatic, large, broad, nearby seeming explosion of green light. |
Location | |
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Address | West Chester, PA |
Latitude | 40° 1' 2.11'' N (40.017252°) |
Longitude | 75° 36' 45.47'' W (-75.612631°) |
Elevation | 170.458817m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2014-12-27 05:45 EST |
UT Date & Time | 2014-12-27 10:45 UT |
Duration | ≈3.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up right to down left |
Descent Angle | 225° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 296.33° |
First azimuth | 299.18° |
First elevation | 21° |
Last azimuth | 286.14° |
Last elevation | 9° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | - |
Color | Green |
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 | Unknown |
Duration | - |
Length | - |
Remarks | - |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | Bright green explosion with fat tail |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | Bright green explosion with bits of light falling off in three directions. |