Reports Report 4924c (Event 4924-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Roger P |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | Best and brightest I've ever seen in my 50+ years of sky watching. Also weirdest trajectory. Appeared to be shooting ( more like falling ) straight down while driving & looking east over Lucas,KS. Very slow & long lasting, then just fell apart. Much like a Persied when dying out, but much bigger & brighter than any Persiad I've ever seen. I've lived in Western Kansas approximately 35 years. Never saw one like it before. I'd say it would have shown up in daylight, maybe half to 3/4 brightness of Russian Fireball. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Lucas, KS |
| Latitude | 39° 3' 47.42'' N (39.063172°) |
| Longitude | 98° 34' 20.18'' W (-98.572273°) |
| Elevation | 456.945m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-12-05 18:20 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-12-06 00:20 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 184° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 89.43° |
| First azimuth | 33.7° |
| First elevation | 75° |
| Last azimuth | 95.46° |
| Last elevation | 20° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -18 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | Glowing train. Looked like it was head straight down instead of overhead to east. I was driving so no sound. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Initial flash. Slow falling white fireball. Terminal flash and fragmentation with brief glowing white trail. One of the best I've seen. I would say if I had stopped I may have been able to hear it. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Bright white flash and disintrigrating ball falling apart like ashes from the end of a cigarette. Brief white glowing train with lesser flare up of approximately 1-2 seconds. |