Reports Report 3954a (Event 3954-2022)
| Observer | |
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| Name | Ranjit B |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | Luckily I was chanced to notice the event after a few minutes I went on the roof top of my residence (which I normally do for nearly an hour covering the midnight). The fireball appeared speedy to my eyes as it was near the horizon, its duration was just a bit above 2 seconds. I also operate one AMS138 station (fireball network camera system), so it captured and detected the event as usual. I can say that in view of radiant point of the Alpha Capricornids (001 CAP) the instant fireball matched properly, and this shower is active now - will be peaking at the end of July. So it is a meteor of fireball magnitude and is related to the CAP (as it appeared to me) and if I am not wrong. And if it is an Alpha Capricornids its velocity in the earth's atmosphere would be around 26-27 km/s as on date (at such solar longitudinal position). |
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| Location | |
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| Address | Kolkata, West Bengal (IN) |
| Latitude | 22° 27' 46.46'' N (22.462906°) |
| Longitude | 88° 23' 41.56'' E (88.394879°) |
| Elevation | 4.593265m |
| Time and Duration | |
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| Local Date & Time | 2022-07-10 23:47 IST |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-07-10 18:17 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
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| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 150° |
| Moving | |
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| Facing azimuth | 290° |
| First azimuth | 283° |
| First elevation | 40° |
| Last azimuth | 297° |
| Last elevation | 20° |
| Brightness and color | |
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| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | Light Blue, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
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| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 3s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | Glowing train disappeared after 2-3 seconds. Smoke trail did not occur. The event has also been caught by my AMS138 Station (Cam5). I personally was luckily witnessed this event when I was on the roof top, it was brilliant and very bright, but it appears not so brilliant on the camera footage. |
| Terminal flash | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |