Reports Report 345b (Event 345-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Bill |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | Started almost directly overhead, continued across more than a quarter of the sky, grew in brightness at the very beginning of its trip, glowed bright white like a distant headlight, quite a bit brighter than venus but remained small in size, remained bright white for most of its trip, sent off a couple sparks of red, then dimmed and turned green in the last fraction of a second just before completely burning out. While for the amount of sky the light covered, its brightness was much brighter than the same amount of space than what would come from the full moon, its overall light wasn't that bright because it didn't light up the ground like the moon does. Still, its brightness and whiteness reminded me of the kind of brightness of an ironworker's acetylene torch. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Dayton, TN |
| Latitude | 35° 26' 25.73'' N (35.440481°) |
| Longitude | 85° 3' 31.77'' W (-85.058824°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-03-07 22:20 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-03-08 03:20 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 220.55596° |
| First azimuth | 142.12501° |
| First elevation | 89° |
| Last azimuth | 216.55689° |
| Last elevation | 39° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | At its brightest: white |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | -1s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | I saw 2 or 3 red sparks like those from a campfire come off the fireball about 2/3rds of its way down. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | 2 or 3 red sparks like those from a campfire came off the meteor about 2/3 of the way down, at slightly different times, and were much dimmer than the bright white meteor at the time |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |