Reports Report 4290un (Event 4290-2022)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Julie W |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | My husband and a friend were stargazing in the friend's backyard and all 3 of us saw it. Night was dark and clear and the northern part of the Milky Way was visible to the naked eye at our vantage point. The fireball appeared on the east side of the Milky Way and 45 degrees below Vega (from where we sat and looking up at the sky). |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Boerne, TX |
| Latitude | 29° 51' 33.66'' N (29.859351°) |
| Longitude | 98° 44' 31.73'' W (-98.742148°) |
| Elevation | 488.999054m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-07-24 22:25 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-07-25 03:25 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 268° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 105.18° |
| First azimuth | 133.23° |
| First elevation | 40° |
| Last azimuth | 92.85° |
| Last elevation | 40° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -18 |
| Color | Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 4s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Flash was a very bright yellow-white ball the size of a quarter at arms length. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Saw about 6 orange red fragmentations, size and brightness of the fragmentations were twice that of the star Vega that night. |