Reports Report 340ha (Event 340-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Rebekah S |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I do like meteors and space! Seeing this was almost frightening, as it was so bright and took up 3/4 of the sky. I physically saw it break into two and fizzle out as it disappeared. It was the most incredible thing I have ever seen. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Aldie, VA |
| Latitude | 38° 55' 51.24'' N (38.930901°) |
| Longitude | 77° 33' 45.94'' W (-77.56276°) |
| Elevation | 108.347m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-01-30 18:17 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-01-30 23:17 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 217° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 7.25° |
| First azimuth | 316.96° |
| First elevation | 27° |
| Last azimuth | 289.07° |
| Last elevation | 20° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
| Color | Light Green, Orange, Yellow, Light Yellow, Red, Brown, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It looked began like one flash that gets your attention and it ended with a flash that looked like the flashes you see when someone welds something. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I watched the end of it break into two darker pieces around the same size after the trail (HUGE, very wide and bright and long) began to fade and the two pieces fizzled out and disappeared like ashes in a fire do. |