Reports Report 583ca (Event 583-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sardinha Z |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | I love science i love astronomy let me be one of you!! I want to look at stars & big gas balls. But the meteor, fireball whatever i saw was a beautiful sight.. Freaked me out at first, never saw something so bright, big & loud before |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Fall River, MA |
| Latitude | 41° 42' 58.29'' N (41.716191°) |
| Longitude | 71° 9' 14.51'' W (-71.15403°) |
| Elevation | 6.779m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-02-14 04:35 EST |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-02-14 09:35 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 258° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 280° |
| First azimuth | 275° |
| First elevation | 50° |
| Last azimuth | 250° |
| Last elevation | 50° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | Blue, Green, Yellow, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It sounded like an explosion |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | After i saw the big blue org, multi-colored debris disappeared as it made a crackling sound |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Big blue orb looked like it had exploded, the trail of debris was not a straight line, was cut in sections; before disappearinf, heard an explosion, blue orb lit up & disappeared |