Fireball report

Reports Report 5453a (Event 5453-2019)

Observer
Name	Joe M
Experience Level	1/5
Remarks	-

Location
Address	Marquette, MI
Latitude	46° 32' 50.85'' N (46.547457°)
Longitude	87° 22' 40.63'' W (-87.377952°)
Elevation	184.167175m

Time and Duration
Local Date & Time	2019-08-24 23:45 EST
UT Date & Time	2019-08-25 03:45 UT
Duration	≈7.5s

Direction
Moving direction	From up right to down left
Descent Angle	240°

Moving
Facing azimuth	83°
First azimuth	93.42°
First elevation	52°
Last azimuth	54.37°
Last elevation	23°

Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude	-12
Color	Orange, Red

Concurrent Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Delayed Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Persistent train
Observation	Yes
Duration	3s
Length	7°
Remarks	Glowing redish-orange color with smoke behind it. It broke off into three separate pieces and those three pieces had just smoke behind them

Terminal flash
Observation	Yes
Remarks	HUGE burst of Reddish-orange color for about 3 seconds then broke off into three pieces.

Fragmentation
Observation	Yes
Remarks	Broke off into three pieces that had smoke trails behind them. It looked like it was about to hit Lake Superior and cause like a Tsunami (exaggerating of course, but it did scare me a bit).

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