Reports Report 340aay (Event 340-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Steve K |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I have spent 15 years star watching from our hot tub, and usually see falling stars every time we are out there. I have also observed many meteor showers. This is by far the largest, brightest one I've ever seen. I was looking right at it as it started and had time to alert a friend who was facing away from it. They were able to turn and see it light up and fragment. It was quite spectacular. From Central PA, it was to the south west of us. It was also big enough that I was motivated to google it today to see if anyone else saw it! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Pennsylvania Furnace, PA |
| Latitude | 40° 43' 20.06'' N (40.72224°) |
| Longitude | 77° 54' 19.87'' W (-77.90552°) |
| Elevation | 412.435m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-01-30 18:16 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-01-30 23:16 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 139° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 230.57° |
| First azimuth | 225.22° |
| First elevation | 39° |
| Last azimuth | 245.22° |
| Last elevation | 23° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -24 |
| Color | This thing started out white and small, then got larger and quickly turned blue/red/yellow and ended up much larger and brighter white at the end |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | it started out as a normal white narrow streak, but got larger and then quickly went through several colors (yellow, red, blue) before getting much larger and brighter white and then fragmenting. The fragments were also white but smaller and burned out on their way down. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | it started out as a normal white narrow streak, but got larger and then quickly went through several colors (yellow, red, blue) before getting much larger and brighter white and then fragmenting. The fragments were also white but smaller and burned out on their way down. |