Reports Report 7540vn (Event 7540-2021)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Deanna B |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I am like a 1.5 observing experience, I used to stay up late and watch it for many years, now I just check whenever I can. IMPORTANT ... the meteor may have been more than 10 degrees (the size of the fist at arms length) it was above a building then 1 second later past the building and remained in sight for 5 seconds. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Glen Allen, VA |
| Latitude | 37° 39' 10.76'' N (37.652988°) |
| Longitude | 77° 36' 43.73'' W (-77.612148°) |
| Elevation | 89.603722m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2021-11-10 21:10 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2021-11-11 02:10 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 136° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 165° |
| First azimuth | 145° |
| First elevation | 55° |
| Last azimuth | 175° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -23 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It lasted a total of 5 seconds ... it was a ball of white light going across about 7 degrees of sky once then it got brighter almost to sun degree (previously I thought it was the moon, but I realized the moon was not full and moving and in the wrong direction) so just before the 3 seconds of burn up it got really bright, then it started to be enveloped by fire and broke apart. I'll explain more in the next section. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It lasted 0.5 seconds in Fireball mode, before fragmentation started, it stayed mostly together, for 0.5 then suddenly it looked like three portions broke off and went a bit further about another 3 degrees each going in a pattern that reminded me of Orion's belt so maybe 0.5 degrees separating each portion there was a total of three one large piece then two smaller pieces. |