American Meteor Society

Reports Report 638fj (Event 638-2015)

Observer
Name Michael M
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Denver, CO
Latitude 39° 42' 7.05'' N (39.701959°)
Longitude 104° 59' 17.46'' W (-104.988182°)
Elevation 1603.565186m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2015-03-11 06:01 MDT
UT Date & Time 2015-03-11 12:01 UT
Duration ≈20s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 99°
Moving
Facing azimuth 314.33°
First azimuth 352.37°
First elevation 30°
Last azimuth 276.27°
Last elevation 20°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -17
Color Blue, Dark Green, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration -
Length 15°
Remarks the train glowed green & blue, then sparks flared off of the object. after the trail stopped the object turned bright white and continued over the mountains out of view.
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks flairs and sparks coming of entire main object gold and white sparks. then the object flowed bright white until out of view.