Reports Report 2158b (Event 2158-2015)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Alice S |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | Could not get your green horizon line to move -saw the two fireballs just above the tree line before they fell straight down and disappeared behind the trees. 20 minutes earlier, we witnessed a meteor with a long trail, visible 3-4 seconds, moving northwest to southeast, roughly from Ursa Major toward Sagittarius. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Woodford, VA |
| Latitude | 38° 6' 31.93'' N (38.10887°) |
| Longitude | 77° 31' 54.72'' W (-77.531867°) |
| Elevation | 80.472488m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2015-09-08 21:28 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2015-09-09 01:28 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 176° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 320.42° |
| First azimuth | 314.41° |
| First elevation | - |
| Last azimuth | 294.99° |
| Last elevation | - |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -16 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Two bright white "flaming" balls falling straight down with one right behind the other |