Reports Report 306a (Event 306-2012)

Observer
Name price c
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks -
Location
Address bromsgrove (UK)
Latitude 52° 19' 38.57'' N (52.32738°)
Longitude 2° 4' 12.35'' W (-2.070097°)
Elevation -
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2012-02-29 20:30 GMT
UT Date & Time 2012-02-29 20:30 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up to down
Descent Angle 180°
Moving
Facing azimuth 221.18622°
First azimuth 220.63698°
First elevation 70°
Last azimuth 222.47416°
Last elevation 45°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -7
Color bright blue
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 2s
Length
Remarks Train lasted only a short amount of time about as long as the fireball head was visible. Although bromsgrove has light pollution from near by sports facilities and motorways so I could only see it just after the head of the fireball had produced it. So it may of been visible for longer. The train was a glowing one and was the same bright blue white colour as the head while visible. The fire ball seemed to be breaking up on contact with the atmosphere as well as there were a small number of fragments (approx. 3)
Terminal flash
Observation Unknown
Remarks Slight Fragmentation was occurring while fire ball was visible roughly three fragments broke off . Brightness seemed to increase as fireball disappeared but due to the levels of light pollution and also the distance between myself and the object I can not claim to have witnessed a terminal explosion.
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks -