Reports Report 5394d (Event 5394-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Tom U |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I've been lucky enough to see several small meteor showers in the past, ussually just little blips across the sky, but this was clearly the brightest, longest lasting and most brilliantly colored that I've ever seen. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Struthers, OH |
| Latitude | 41° 2' 42.22'' N (41.045061°) |
| Longitude | 80° 36' 37.1'' W (-80.610305°) |
| Elevation | 326.626m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-12-31 02:37 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-12-31 07:37 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 187° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 180.09° |
| First azimuth | 194.16° |
| First elevation | 55° |
| Last azimuth | 176.27° |
| Last elevation | 10° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -8 |
| Color | Light Blue, Light Green, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It came into vision as a soft glow and grew and intensified as a light green/ blue then about half way from 55 to 10 degrees it flashed bright distinctly increasing lumiscense then faded off. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |