Reports Report 208ho (Event 208-2011)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Matthew C |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | was driving to class today, and while waiting at a light i saw something glowing green/red shoot across the sky, leaving a sweet trail, and completly blowing my mind. I looked over to the guy next to me and he looked right over at me and put his window down, and said \"you saw that right.\" My first thought was meteor, or something from a plane, since i was close to the airport. after telling people, and trying to convinve everyone im not crazy I looked online later, and saw that indeed a meteor flew over NJ today. It was amazing too see. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Union , NJ |
| Latitude | 40° 40' 54.22'' N (40.681728°) |
| Longitude | 74° 14' 3.93'' W (-74.234426°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2011-02-14 12:45 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2011-02-14 17:45 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 99.54858° |
| First azimuth | 133.55502° |
| First elevation | 70° |
| Last azimuth | 95.34663° |
| Last elevation | - |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | green, red, orange |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | After seeing it shoot across the sky, the trail seemed lto be like little peices falling and then disapearing, It looked exactly like it does in the movies. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |