Observer | |
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Name | Tim F |
Experience Level | 1/5 |
Remarks | Observed under a city sky polluted with light, and yet it was brightest, longest, and biggest such event I have witnessed. |
Location | |
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Address | Utica, NY |
Latitude | 43° 4' 33.8'' N (43.076056°) |
Longitude | 75° 16' 15.79'' W (-75.271054°) |
Elevation | 186.394699m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2015-11-02 18:10 EST |
UT Date & Time | 2015-11-02 23:10 UT |
Duration | ≈7.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up right to down left |
Descent Angle | 256° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 48.82° |
First azimuth | 25.6° |
First elevation | 32° |
Last azimuth | 287.84° |
Last elevation | 32° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -12 |
Color | White |
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 | 1s |
Length | 10° |
Remarks | There was a dim glow briefly after the fireball was no longer visible |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | Witnessed two or three bright fragmentations trail off on the back side of the fireball. these were visible for less than a second |