Reports Report 451ej (Event 451-2015)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Chris S |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | The speed of the body was surreal, slower (and redder and bigger but not brighter) than any other fireball I've seen. Also the fact that it stretched from the far southern horizon all the way to the N-NW horizon toward Canada. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Helena, Mt |
| Latitude | 46° 39' 19.7'' N (46.655471°) |
| Longitude | 112° 2' 37.01'' W (-112.043615°) |
| Elevation | 1145.883301m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2015-02-23 22:55 MST |
| UT Date & Time | 2015-02-24 05:55 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 91° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 269.81° |
| First azimuth | 180° |
| First elevation | 30° |
| Last azimuth | 339.07° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -5 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red, Brown |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It sounded like faint crackling coming from the direction of the relatively slow moving object |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | the train was composed of many hundreds (thousands?) of discrete but subtle individual streaks; 'blobs' of brighter material was falling from the main body |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | streaking and fragmentation seemed to be related; again, many smaller blobs of brighter (brighter than the train, but not the main body) material were falling off slowly |