Reports Report 598b (Event 598-2015)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sue G |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | This was a once-in-a-lifetime observation for me. I majored in geosciences with many astronomy courses in college so I knew what it was, immediately. My husband saw it at the end, too. It caught my eye earlier than for him and I watched it for several glorious seconds. The bright green was like when you burn copper. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Lincoln, NE |
| Latitude | 40° 46' 50.21'' N (40.780613°) |
| Longitude | 96° 43' 38.51'' W (-96.727363°) |
| Elevation | 353.681763m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2015-03-06 20:28 CST |
| UT Date & Time | 2015-03-07 02:28 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 190° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 182° |
| First azimuth | 170° |
| First elevation | 18° |
| Last azimuth | 200° |
| Last elevation | 8° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
| Color | Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 1s |
| Length | 7° |
| Remarks | glowing, most of it as fat as the fireball but then tapering to a downward-curved point at the end. The end was pointing toward the east and the fireball was toward the west. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It glowed very bright like a car flare, and green, at the end and snuffed out above the horizon. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |