Observer | |
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Name | Brent H |
Experience Level | 4/5 |
Remarks | The attached photo includes an aircraft contrail--I was photographing the sunset with the aircraft contrail and only serendipitously captured the fireball I happened to see streaking across the sky as I was taking the photograph. The fireball is quite dim--though easily visible if you zoom into that area--and is to the lower left of the aircraft contrail.I made an Imgur page with captioned photos and more details about the photo, camera, settings, etc: https://imgur.com/gallery/hcShOBRPhoto info: Motorola one zoom, ƒ/1.7, 1/398, 4.745mm lens, ISO100. Camera app was gCam in HDR mode, so it is possible the gCam/HDR processing affected the image of the fireball somehow. |
Location | |
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Address | Fruit Heights, UT |
Latitude | 41° 1' 52.13'' N (41.03°) |
Longitude | 111° 54' 1.15'' W (-111.9°) |
Elevation | 1452.08m |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2020-12-04 17:06 MST |
UT Date & Time | 2020-12-05 00:06 UT |
Duration | ≈1.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From down left to up right |
Descent Angle | 58° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 310° |
First azimuth | - |
First elevation | 70° |
Last azimuth | 285° |
Last elevation | 25° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | 5- |
Color | Yellow, White |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | Yes |
Duration | 0.1s |
Length | 4° |
Remarks | Just noticeable, very short-lasting, glowing train along its trajectory |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | I believe there was a slight flash as the fireball broke up, but more noticeable was the fact that it broke into 2-3 pieces, each leaving its own short glowing trail (see below) |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | Just before it disappeared, probably 90% of the way through its visible trajectory, it broke into 2-3 pieces. These continued leaving a short train, each going a slightly different direction. They then disappeared very quickly. |