| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Donnell S |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I'm glad this website is here.... and what I saw was really amazing to me. :) |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Coloma Charter Township, MI |
| Latitude | 42° 13' 36.46'' N (42.226795°) |
| Longitude | 86° 22' 16.19'' W (-86.371165°) |
| Elevation | 187.864471m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2013-09-26 07:03 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2013-09-26 11:03 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 178.11° |
| First azimuth | 235.8° |
| First elevation | 31° |
| Last azimuth | 155.08° |
| Last elevation | - |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -24 |
| Color | Green, Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Never heard this tone before, but you could tell the sound was traveling behind or with the object. (It was faint, but I was listening for it because I thought to myself "Its so big I bet I will hear it too" I braced myself by bending my knees a little, expecting to feel it hit the ground once I lost sight of it, but I never felt anything. |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | a fire trail, the same color as the fire ball, (like in my photo of Hale-Bopp comet over the St. Joseph Pier.) |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It just got even brighter for a split second. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Like liquid fire dropping off of it. |