Reports Report 4582ig (Event 4582-2024)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Em V |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I was in my car at the Target parking lot, and a sudden burst of light caught my attention directly in front, and slightly to the right of my line of vision. It wasn’t super high up in the sky, and from where I was sitting it could be seen in the area above the front of the parking lot / past the Publix & Mattress Firm and over the GNC / America’s Best Contacts & Lenses / Panda Express buildings across from me. This all lasted only 2-3 seconds but the light was bright with a tail and glowed mainly green, but since it was somewhat bright there was some lighter greens, yellows and maybe whites as well. There was also a noise to it, a (maybe slightly delayed) popping/fizzling/cracking sound followed by a slight, quick boom. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Norcross, GA |
| Latitude | 33° 57' 2.55'' N (33.950707°) |
| Longitude | 84° 13' 56.97'' W (-84.232493°) |
| Elevation | 299.348419m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2024-08-22 21:42 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2024-08-23 01:42 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 244° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 330° |
| First azimuth | 357° |
| First elevation | 20° |
| Last azimuth | 355° |
| Last elevation | 10° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -11 |
| Color | Green, Light Green, Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I would describe the sound as some kind of fizzling crack or crackly hissing & popping |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | there was a short, very quick boom– not the loudest in the world but i still heard it clearly from inside my car– which came directly after (and maybe even partially overlapping) the fizzling cracking noise, but overall the boom was slightly delayed by maybe about 1 second after the bright fireball & tail had left my vision |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It only lasted a couple seconds, but it seemed to flash and get brighter while it was in my sight, with peak brightness towards the end. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |