Reports Report 8140e (Event 8140-2022)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Rose H |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I casually go out into this country road area to observe the meteor showers happening in the fall time, as it’s darker there and you can see the stars better in the dark. I’ve seen a handful of “shooting stars” this fall (faint, thin, white streaks of light that disappear quickly). However, this “fireball” was like nothing I’ve ever seen before. It was much larger and brighter than any other shooting stars I’ve observed in the past. It was tinged green in color, like green flame. And it went straight down, with a thick streak of green light in its trail, quite unlike the faint shooting stars I’ve seen before. It happened so quickly, but it’s brightness and color were undeniable. At first I wasn’t even sure what I was seeing; quite bizarre , yet so beautiful. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Kenney, IL |
| Latitude | 40° 7' 5.83'' N (40.118285°) |
| Longitude | 89° 6' 11.03'' W (-89.103064°) |
| Elevation | 188.029861m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-11-05 22:30 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-11-06 02:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down to up |
| Descent Angle | - |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 299.63° |
| First azimuth | 313.09° |
| First elevation | 51° |
| Last azimuth | 109.18° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -14 |
| Color | Green, Light Green, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | There was a flash in the sky where the fireball first appeared, then the fireball went straight down and had a very brief greenish-white bright tail streak before it disappeared behind the trees we were facing when we saw it. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |