American Meteor Society

Reports Report 978dj (Event 978-2021)

Observer
Name Melissa M
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Morley, Alberta (CA)
Latitude 51° 8' 44.74'' N (51.14576°)
Longitude 114° 50' 59.28'' W (-114.849799°)
Elevation 1275m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2021-02-22 06:23 MST
UT Date & Time 2021-02-22 13:23 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up right to down left
Descent Angle 226°
Moving
Facing azimuth 151.06°
First azimuth 351.2°
First elevation 48°
Last azimuth 318.2°
Last elevation 27°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -20
Color Bright White ball of light that was really big and then grew smaller and disappeared. Then the trail afterwards glowed mostly red and a bit of yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 5s
Length 10°
Remarks It was a glowing train that was bright and slowly started to dim over 5 seconds. It was mostly red and a little bit yellow.
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks I was looking east and I could see a sudden bright ball of light to my left (North) and it made that side of the sky very bright. I looked over and saw a big circle of white light (covered a big portion of the north sky). Then it reduced to a white ball and then it faded. Afterwards it left a glowing trail of red that slowly faded.
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -