Reports Report 3210cc (Event 3210-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Jacob D |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I have watched meteor showers since I was a kid, and I've never seen such a bright and long streak across the sky. Drove 20 min to a secluded parking lot on a whim with my gf to stargaze because the area showed low light pollution. No sooner were we about to leave did this thing come out of nowhere! It got both our hearts going as we were unsure of what exactly it was. Quite an experience. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Phoenix, MD |
| Latitude | 39° 31' 8.47'' N (39.51902°) |
| Longitude | 76° 37' 9.12'' W (-76.6192°) |
| Elevation | 75.372m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-09-17 01:00 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-09-17 05:00 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 202° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 77.16° |
| First azimuth | 121.21° |
| First elevation | 83° |
| Last azimuth | 58.88° |
| Last elevation | 21° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
| Color | Purple, Green, Light Green, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | Deep thudding noises (felt in chest), similar to thunder, heard in distance 15-20 seconds after. Set of 3-4 'booms' occurred twice. It was not a loud noise, but certainly noticeable. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | 20° |
| Remarks | Extremely thick train, say 1/3rd of moon size (relatively) for first 50% of train. Very bright, glowing yellow/white/green color. Train thinned out as fireball progressed past 50%. Solid connected train until last 5% of path where the train became spotty. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Pulsing bursts of bright light. Initial entry flare was extremely bright, whiting everything else in field of sight out. 3-4 more flashes of similar brightness incurred in first 20% of train. Then a constant brightness for the next 50%. Then dwindling brightness. Initial pulses and continuous flare for 70% of path was very bright. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Small bits of glowing material was seen flying off during one of the bright pulsations of light. |