Reports Report 677aj (Event 677-2018)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lucretia D |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | I see many meteors here on the ridge but I have never seen anything anywhere near this spectacular, huge and close! I wasn't smoking or drinking anything. I am a professional realist artist. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Mars Hill, NC |
| Latitude | 35° 48' 42.98'' N (35.81194°) |
| Longitude | 82° 32' 41.32'' W (-82.54481°) |
| Elevation | 699.624m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2018-02-19 21:55 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2018-02-20 02:55 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 115° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 272.26° |
| First azimuth | 224.41° |
| First elevation | 33° |
| Last azimuth | 273.68° |
| Last elevation | 10° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -21 |
| Color | Purple, Green, Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 13° |
| Remarks | The train was extremely long and bright yellow-white and the whole thing had a glowing effect and the glow extended beyond the train. The fireball had 3 distinct pause/recharge phases, if that makes sense. In other words, It seemed like it was about to be over and seemed to re-surge 3 times. The fireball was huge and magnificent like nothing I have ever seen. My son was with me and we kept talking in amazement as it kept going. The head was solid and it appeared to be about 1/6th of the size of a low full moon and the whole thing had an extremely bright intensity. The green color extended into the train and the orange did a little. Wow! I don't know if the resurgent action I described would be called a terminal flash, but each time it happened, the brightness intensified- like gearing up. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |