Fireball report

Reports Report 450e (Event 450-2024)

Observer
Name	Josh V
Experience Level	3/5
Remarks	It must have been pretty bright bc when I witnessed this i was driving in downtown Lexington ky and had just started off from sitting at a red light. So there was quite a bit of "light pollution" but it still was very easy to see and even though i was looking in the same general direction of its start, it would have caught the eye even in the peripheral even with all of the other lights of stoplights, cars and other luminous objects in the area.

Location
Address	Lexington, KY
Latitude	38° 2' 29.76'' N (38.041601°)
Longitude	84° 31' 5.85'' W (-84.518291°)
Elevation	300.134491m

Time and Duration
Local Date & Time	2024-01-20 21:40 EST
UT Date & Time	2024-01-21 02:40 UT
Duration	≈1.5s

Direction
Moving direction	From up right to down left
Descent Angle	186°

Moving
Facing azimuth	268.04°
First azimuth	273.55°
First elevation	67°
Last azimuth	274.94°
Last elevation	26°

Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude	-9
Color	Yellow, Light Yellow, White

Concurrent Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Delayed Sound
Observation	No
Remarks	-

Persistent train
Observation	No
Duration	-
Length	-
Remarks	-

Terminal flash
Observation	Unknown
Remarks	-

Fragmentation
Observation	Yes
Remarks	As it came down from approximately 1 o'clock to 7 o'clock, about half way through its visual presence it gave off what looked like a flash and a smaller "piece" separated and continued at what looked like a similar speed but a more directly down trajectory. The main part kept going for another second maybe but then disappeared with a second faint flash. It was pretty impressive from my limited experience seeing such astronomical phenomena.

Fragmentation

Observation

Yes

Remarks

As it came down from approximately 1 o'clock to 7 o'clock, about half way through its visual presence it gave off what looked like a flash and a smaller "piece" separated and continued at what looked like a similar speed but a more directly down trajectory. The main part kept going for another second maybe but then disappeared with a second faint flash. It was pretty impressive from my limited experience seeing such astronomical phenomena.