I have seen many meteorites (shooting star) in my life and this experience by far was the most amazing thing I have seen come into our atmosphere and explode at the lowest elevation. (The elevation I was at was 500Ft above see level but in a valley looking up towards a mountain side)If I can be of anymore help in registering this experience please let me know. Excellent experience and I’m lucky to have been walking my dog at this time and witnessed this!
Emplacement
Adresse
Tuxedo Park, NY
Latitude
41° 9' 37,91'' N (41,16°)
Longitude
74° 13' 47,04'' W (-74,23°)
Altitude
150,45m
Temps et durée
Date et & Heure locale
02/02/2023 18:00 EST
Date et & Heure TU
02/02/2023 23:00 UT
Durée
≈7,5s
Direction
Direction de déplacement
Du haut à gauche vers le bas à droite
Angle de descente
104°
Déplacement
Azimut d'observation
223,83°
Premier azimut
177,15°
Première altitude
39°
Dernier azimut
241,19°
Dernière altitude
33°
Luminosité et couleur
Magnitude
-14
Couleur
Orange, Yellow
Son simultané
Observation
Non
Remarques
-
Son décalé
Observation
Non
Remarques
-
Traînée persistante
Observation
Yes
Durée
2s
Longueur
10°
Remarques
The train that was visible happened right before seeing the object break up into a bunch of pieces and disappeared. The train first was glowing for a moment and then changed to smoke and dissipated.
Flash terminal
Observation
Yes
Remarques
When it hit its lowest point on the horizon it’s let out an even brighter flash then it produced while shoot through the sky and showed the most orange color when it then exploded and a few (about 5) visible pieces dropped for (0.5 - 1) second longer and then it was gone.
Fragmentation
Observation
Oui
Remarques
Right when it exploded and fragmented it was its brightest and deepest color of orange and roughly 5 visible pieces still burning dropped for another 0.5-1 second and it was completely gone. This was at the same time the train was at the smoke phase and then to dissipated.
