American Meteor Society

Reports Report 3266b (Event 3266-2019)

Observer
Name Jessica H
Experience Level 3/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Golden Pond, KY
Latitude 36° 44' 27.83'' N (36.741064°)
Longitude 88° 5' 20.19'' W (-88.088941°)
Elevation 109m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2019-08-01 04:40 CDT
UT Date & Time 2019-08-01 09:40 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 123°
Moving
Facing azimuth 119.29°
First azimuth -
First elevation 49°
Last azimuth -
Last elevation 15°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -
Color Purple, Pink, Orange, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation Yes
Remarks A loud crack like tin roofing popping
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 1s
Length 15°
Remarks 3 bright flashes as bright a thunder you could see 2 dark lines one on either side of it and the flashes looked like explosions in a way then when it last flashed it made a cracking thunder/tin roofing cracking sound
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks It made an initial flash the lit up half the sky like lighting in the area it was in and it did it 2 more times
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks -