Reports Report 20l (Event 20-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Anonymous |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | - |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | New Rochelle, NY |
| Latitude | 40° 55' 0.38'' N (40.916772°) |
| Longitude | 73° 44' 46.63'' W (-73.746285°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-01-03 01:10 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-01-03 06:10 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From left to right |
| Descent Angle | 90° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 169.98269° |
| First azimuth | 147.55738° |
| First elevation | 40° |
| Last azimuth | 40.28499° |
| Last elevation | 30° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Bright white, then red/or |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | Although I was expecting to hear a sound and listened carefully, there was none. |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | 1.5s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | First bright object left little to no visible trail, after breakup the smaller red/orange glowing fragments left short-lived streaks as they burned. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | A relatively intense white light (similar in brightness to an aircraft\'s landing lights) traveled across part of the sky quickly, then broke up and fragmented into five to ten smaller dimmer orange/red pieces that appeared to dip and slow as they faded. I did not see a sudden flash before the original bright object fragmented, however it passed behind a tree and I could have missed it. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |