Observer | |
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Name | Janice T |
Experience Level | 2/5 |
Remarks | My neighbor was with me and saw it as well. I don't know the EXACT time, to the second. I got back home at 9:30 pm, so we saw the fireball around 9:00, give or take a few minutes. |
Location | |
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Address | Irmo, SC |
Latitude | 34° 9' 35.06'' N (34.15974°) |
Longitude | 81° 12' 17.93'' W (-81.20498°) |
Elevation | 86.504m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2017-04-12 21:00 EDT |
UT Date & Time | 2017-04-13 01:00 UT |
Duration | ≈20s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From up right to down left |
Descent Angle | 267° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 274.57° |
First azimuth | 277.26° |
First elevation | 44° |
Last azimuth | 95.27° |
Last elevation | 22° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -18 |
Color | Light Yellow, White |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | Unknown |
Remarks | - |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | Yes |
Duration | 5s |
Length | 10° |
Remarks | Just a glowing train. The fireball itself was boxy looking in the front, and the back of it looked a little like the back of an arrow (with two flares coming out) and then a long trail behind it. |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Unknown |
Remarks | What does fragmentation mean in this case? The back side of it looked a little like the back of an arrow (with two points coming off)...although there was a long single trail. But the main part of the light was whole - not fragmented. |