Talk about timing! Went out to my car to get my wallet, and this beautiful spectacle streaks across the sky! My house and yard were lit up for that brief time
Location
Address
Woodstock, NH
Latitude
43° 57' 54.58'' N (43.96516°)
Longitude
71° 41' 13.12'' W (-71.686979°)
Elevation
222.008m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2016-05-17 01:01 EDT
UT Date & Time
2016-05-17 05:01 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up right to down left
Descent Angle
248°
Moving
Facing azimuth
42.88°
First azimuth
173.32°
First elevation
77°
Last azimuth
36.29°
Last elevation
45°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-21
Color
Light Blue, Orange, Red
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
2 or so minutes after the lights, two distant boom sounds
Persistent train
Observation
No
Duration
-
Length
-
Remarks
-
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
At the end of its trajectory will in a light blue color it seemed to fragment into three pieces.... It could have been more. While fragmenting the light pulsed two or three times
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
At the end of the trajectory it looked to fragment into three pieces
