Reports Report 699b (Event 699-2014)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Paul D |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | It was the largest meteor I've seen in person. I've never seen one hang in the sky for that long or appear to come at me and then appear to go off in another direction (meaning the viewing angle, not to suggest it was actually changing directions). I live in a fairly rural area, with lower levels of light pollution. On a typical clear night, it's not that unusual to see several small meteors. The best way I can describe this one is that it looked like a typical meteor traveling across my field of view as it disintegrated, but prior to the the flash it looked more like a slow plane flying towards me. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Burlington, WI |
| Latitude | 42° 43' 58.21'' N (42.732836°) |
| Longitude | 88° 15' 4.05'' W (-88.251125°) |
| Elevation | 244.7771m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2014-03-14 21:28 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2014-03-15 02:28 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 135° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 345.54° |
| First azimuth | 311.83° |
| First elevation | 23° |
| Last azimuth | 353.89° |
| Last elevation | 29° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
| Color | Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 2s |
| Length | 10° |
| Remarks | when I first saw the object, it looked like a star, then i noticed it moving and it looked bigger thought it to be a plane, it appeared to be heading towards me like normal air traffic and then suddenly burst into a fireball and went to the right (east). At that point it looked like a text book meteor trail. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | object looked like a bright star, at a fixed point initially, it got brighter and bigger, then a bright flash at which point it appeared to rapidly drop in altituted and had a 'classic meteor trail'. Up until that point it appear to be a plane either landing or taking off at Mitchell Field |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | classic tail with larger bright segments breaking off of yet a larger segment |