Reports Report 451hw (Event 451-2015)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Riley V |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | - |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Joseph, OR |
| Latitude | 45° 20' 35.34'' N (45.34315°) |
| Longitude | 117° 16' 32.84'' W (-117.27579°) |
| Elevation | 1338.568604m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2015-02-23 22:08 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2015-02-24 06:08 UT |
| Duration | ≈45s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 269° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 29.78° |
| First azimuth | 139.06° |
| First elevation | 37° |
| Last azimuth | 338.04° |
| Last elevation | 37° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Orange, Red, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 30s |
| Length | 50° |
| Remarks | long, well defined, glowing orange and red for about twenty seconds. Then changing to a yellow and orange train while broadening for five seconds. After fireball broke into about twenty pieces each creating their own well defined orange trains original train turned to very broad yellow smoke. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | fire ball had one large fragment the entire duration. The last five seconds the fire ball broke into about twenty pieces all creating their own trains and turning to smoke. |