Reports Report 3379x (Event 3379-2014)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Christie L |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | This is the fourth fireball I've seen (over about 38 yrs) but this is the first I've reported. The others were also in north Florida. They are so cool! I will keep an eye out for meteors now that I know it's the Geminids. Thanks for making it easy to report these things. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Tallahassee, FL |
| Latitude | 30° 27' 50.13'' N (30.463926°) |
| Longitude | 84° 16' 15.22'' W (-84.270894°) |
| Elevation | 40.069347m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2014-12-01 18:30 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2014-12-01 23:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up to down |
| Descent Angle | 180° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 251.75° |
| First azimuth | 245.57° |
| First elevation | 37° |
| Last azimuth | 255.13° |
| Last elevation | 23° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -23 |
| Color | Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 15° |
| Remarks | It looked just like someone had set off fireworks and a piece of burning fireworks was falling straight down with a trail of little tiny sparks. The trail was about as long as my hand when I stretch it wide at arms length. I don't think this was fireworks, since there was nothing else in the sky before that, but it looked just like burning leftover fireworks. It looked very low, just above some shops. I could see the flames, so it could not have been far away. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |