It was bright, even with the light pollution in Charlotte, NC.
Location
Address
Charlotte, NC
Latitude
35° 19' 53.76'' N (35.3316°)
Longitude
80° 48' 7.88'' W (-80.80219°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2011-01-27 19:12 EST
UT Date & Time
2011-01-28 00:12 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From right to left
Descent Angle
270°
Moving
Facing azimuth
268.72725°
First azimuth
229.18505°
First elevation
60°
Last azimuth
345.49993°
Last elevation
30°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-9
Color
Bright White maybe blue
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Yes
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
A sound is what made me look up so I must not have caught the beginning of the fireball but when I looked up the fireball was at 70 degrees and continued for around 75 degrees in width across the sky moving south to north
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
3s
Length
40°
Remarks
It was a glowing train that lasted at least a second behind the fireball. At the end the fireball disintegrated with a tiny explosion
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
It was not an extermely btight flash but there still was one and ther was definitely fragmentation.
