Observer | |
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Name | Ron D |
Experience Level | 5/5 |
Remarks | I am an astronomer by profession, and these details have error bars. I guarantee that the angle was within a degree of vertical (straight down) and the azimuth was estimated by distance to the left of the full moon, which I was observing at the time. |
Location | |
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Address | Toronto, Ontario (CA) |
Latitude | 43° 45' 45.5'' N (43.76264°) |
Longitude | 79° 27' 41.9'' W (-79.46164°) |
Elevation | 185.684m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2015-12-24 18:38 EST |
UT Date & Time | 2015-12-24 23:38 UT |
Duration | ≈3.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up to down |
Descent Angle | 180° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 78° |
First azimuth | 78° |
First elevation | 40° |
Last azimuth | 78° |
Last elevation | 10° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -16 |
Color | Yellow with a green head, yellow trail |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | Unknown |
Remarks | I was in a car - no sounds detected |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | No |
Duration | - |
Length | - |
Remarks | I could not see a train or smoke trail if there were one... it was only a few degrees from the full moon, and I was in a bright suburb of Toronto... and in a car. From the magnitude of the fireball I would expect that a train was visible but not by the moon or in a bright city. |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | Smooth ramp up in brightness at end to extreme brilliance with fragments trailing, but instead of an explosion it was a huge surge, then rapid extinction to invisible |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | Meteor fragmented about halfway through its flight, brightest fragment remained in the lead, and the magnitude was significant as it was. Probably 5+ spark-like yellow fragments that were constant in significant negative magnitude each, but constant until burn out. |