Reports Report 3638bas (Event 3638-2014)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Pousada E |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | Very cool experience now that I hear it was a meteor. Since we were right at the airport, I was worried at the time that it was an airplane or a part of an airplane falling out of the sky, and that was decidedly NOT cool to think about! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Ewing Township, NJ |
| Latitude | 40° 16' 36.02'' N (40.276672°) |
| Longitude | 74° 49' 40.36'' W (-74.827879°) |
| Elevation | 64.425926m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2014-12-29 18:40 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2014-12-29 23:40 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 31.68° |
| First azimuth | 2.31° |
| First elevation | 61° |
| Last azimuth | 322.12° |
| Last elevation | 36° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -22 |
| Color | - |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It looked like a firework burning out, with a brighter, whiter light at the end of its path, while the burning along the path was bright green. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |