Reports Report 3778l (Event 3778-2023)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kelly H |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | Perhaps the clearest detailed event I had ever seen, was quit exciting to see such clear and detailed event displaying such violent behavior. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Saint David, AZ |
| Latitude | 31° 52' 48.3'' N (31.880082°) |
| Longitude | 110° 14' 25.94'' W (-110.24054°) |
| Elevation | 1122.718018m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2023-07-25 03:10 MST |
| UT Date & Time | 2023-07-25 10:10 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From right to left |
| Descent Angle | 270° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 137.18° |
| First azimuth | 202.79° |
| First elevation | 29° |
| Last azimuth | 97.82° |
| Last elevation | 27° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -17 |
| Color | Light Blue, Green, Light Green, Orange, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 6s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | It burned bright green and blue with a visible immense green fire tailing from the main nucleolus. The meteor began to burst into many fiery chunks showing orange and white as well as the familiar green. Five seconds of burning and splintering after entry and fire goes out revealing a white hot nucleolus continuing over the horizon until out of sight. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Details of full event in previous description |