Reports Report 1226d (Event 1226-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Richard T |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | For a second I was worried that it was a ballistic missile! Brightest thing I have ever seen in the sky with the exception of the sun. The car radio was on, so I'm not positive that there was really no sound. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Be'er Sheva, South District (IL) |
| Latitude | 31° 14' 37.88'' N (31.243856°) |
| Longitude | 34° 46' 43.41'' E (34.778726°) |
| Elevation | 269.809052m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-03-31 23:20 IDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-03-31 20:20 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 104° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 128.26° |
| First azimuth | 104.5° |
| First elevation | 72° |
| Last azimuth | - |
| Last elevation | 27° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -17 |
| Color | Green, and I think some other colors, perhaps read and yellow. But I'm not confident in my recollection. I was definitely surprised by the vivid and changing colors, as I had assumed that asteroids were white. Comment about the brightness: I mean this as |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |