Reports Report 1881n (Event 1881-2013)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Charles M |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | That was probably the most intense meteor I have ever seen. I kept waiting to hear a boom of some sort, but I didn't hear anything. The green glow kind of freaked me out. I had never seen anything like that before. I actually wondered if the meteor had uranium as part of it's composition or something, or if it was some man made object whose orbit had just decayed. If I may comment: the scale you use to measure the light intensity of an object is confusing, because you go from this relatively tiny celestial object like Venus, and then within a few intervals to an object like a half Moon which appears as a much larger object. This particular meteor was certainly more intense than Venus, but using your scale I was unable to precisely identify the observed size and intensity. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Winchester, VA |
| Latitude | 39° 10' 9.66'' N (39.16935°) |
| Longitude | 78° 7' 1.15'' W (-78.116986°) |
| Elevation | 203.619675m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2013-09-04 23:05 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2013-09-05 03:05 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 35.32° |
| First azimuth | 35.2° |
| First elevation | 65° |
| Last azimuth | 35.24° |
| Last elevation | 33° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -6 |
| Color | Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | After I noticed the meteor directly ahead of me it seemed to increase in light intensity and glowed green for an instant. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Just as it glowed green a few trailers dislodged from the main fireball. They did not glow with the same intensity as the primary object. |