Reports Report 6539b (Event 6539-2022)
This report has been linked to the following event: Event 6539-2022
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Tom I |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | Very bright ball larger than Jupiter in night sky with long blue, green, and white dusty tail….grew up in dark skies and took astronomy in college…have seen many meteors…never seen something so fast and bright…like a falling firework…came more than midway in night sky and fell from southern sky downwards to due east. Was at 2:09am |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Wylie, TX |
| Latitude | 33° 1' 26.73'' N (33.02°) |
| Longitude | 96° 33' 19.34'' W (-96.56°) |
| Elevation | 165.26m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2022-09-28 02:09 CDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2022-09-28 07:09 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 209° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 90° |
| First azimuth | 93.42° |
| First elevation | 65° |
| Last azimuth | 59.58° |
| Last elevation | 30° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -9 |
| Color | Blue, Light Blue, Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Very long trailing tail with dust |