Reports Report 1497n (Event 1497-2017)
| Observer | |
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| Name | JON T |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | 3rd large fireball I've seen, 1st one with sound! Exciting! |
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| Location | |
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| Address | Kissimmee, FL |
| Latitude | 28° 16' 0.96'' N (28.266934°) |
| Longitude | 81° 37' 21.4'' W (-81.62261°) |
| Elevation | 36.933m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-04-25 23:51 EDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-04-26 03:51 UT |
| Duration | ≈20s |
| Direction | |
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| Moving direction | From right to left |
| Descent Angle | 270° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 194.34° |
| First azimuth | 189.46° |
| First elevation | 21° |
| Last azimuth | 153.4° |
| Last elevation | 21° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -11 |
| Color | Green, Orange, Light Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
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| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Sparkler but with higher freq sounds muted. Lasted ~ 10 seconds |
| Delayed Sound | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
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| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
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| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
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| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Started as solid yellow point only with green tinges, appeared to come towards me and as it did, trail became defined and green for 10 seconds or so. Object then split into what appeared to be two parts, one orange and one yellow, following each other. See photo. Didn't get pix of green:( |