Reports Report 3262yh (Event 3262-2018)

Observer
Name Nick P
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Gardner, KS
Latitude 38° 48' 12.28'' N (38.803411°)
Longitude 94° 55' 4.7'' W (-94.917972°)
Elevation 328.974m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2018-08-27 20:35 CDT
UT Date & Time 2018-08-28 01:35 UT
Duration ≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up right to down left
Descent Angle 263°
Moving
Facing azimuth 79.61°
First azimuth 100.81°
First elevation 45°
Last azimuth 28.16°
Last elevation 17°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -9
Color Blue, Light Blue, Orange, Red, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 3s
Length 10°
Remarks As it started to break into 3 pieces it seemed like the tail took forever to disappear and when the leading edge diminished the tail slowly faded away
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks It broke apart into 2 pieces and one of those broke again into 2 pieces for a total of 3