INTERNATIONAL METEOR ORGANIZATION *** FIREBALL DATA CENTER FIDAC e-mail report no. 20/93 =============================== 1993 Aug 09 23 03 50 UT Magnitude: -6 Zenithal magnitude: -7 Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: alpha=090deg, delta=+74deg End sighting: alpha=173deg, delta=+76deg Duration: 1 second Color: bl-gr-wh Trail: 2 flares, 1 terminal Persistent train: 7s Fragmentation: none Velocity: fast Sound: none Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 10 23 08 35 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: 1 second Color: ye Trail: flare Persistent train: none Fragmentation: none Velocity: medium Sound: none Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 12 00 47 30 UT Magnitude: -9 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: gr-ye Trail: 2 flares Persistent train: 130s, distorted Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 12 00 52 00 UT Magnitude: -4 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: bl-gr-ye Trail: - Persistent train: 12s, kinked Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 12 01 01 25 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: ye Trail: 2 flares Persistent train: 5s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 12 01 21 UT Magnitude: -5 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: ye Trail: flare Persistent train: 6s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 12 01 23 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: ye Trail: 2 flares Persistent train: 8s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 12 01 29 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: ye-gr Trail: 2 flares Persistent train: 5s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 12 01 41 UT Magnitude: -4 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: ye Trail: flare Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 12 01 43 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: bl Trail: 2 flares Persistent train: 3s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 12 02 01 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: ye Trail: - Persistent train: 2s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 12 02 04 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: ye Trail: - Persistent train: 4s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 12 02 11 UT Magnitude: -4 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: ye Trail: terminal flare Persistent train: 3s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 12 02 13 UT Magnitude: -5 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: ye Trail: flare Persistent train: 6s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 12 02 14 UT Magnitude: -5 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: bl Trail: flare Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 12 02 36 UT Magnitude: -4 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: ye Trail: 3 flares Persistent train: 4s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 12 02 59 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: ye Trail: flare Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 12 03 50 UT Magnitude: -6 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Provo Peak, UT (USA) ( 111deg 39' W, 40deg 15' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: ye Trail: yes Persistent train: - Fragmentation: none Velocity: medium Sound: none Observer: K. Sohlberg, J. Welsh 1993 Aug 12 04 31 UT Magnitude: -5 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Provo Peak, UT (USA) ( 111deg 39' W, 40deg 15' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: ye Trail: yes Persistent train: - Fragmentation: final explosion Velocity: medium Sound: none Observer: K. Sohlberg 1993 Aug 12 22 47 25 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: -3 Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: alpha=060deg, delta=+80deg End sighting: alpha=233deg, delta=+72deg Duration: - Color: bl Trail: 2 flares Persistent train: 3.5s Fragmentation: none Velocity: fast Sound: none Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 12 23 26 45 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: -4 Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: alpha=038deg, delta=+77deg End sighting: alpha=207deg, delta=+78deg Duration: - Color: ye Trail: flare Persistent train: 5s Fragmentation: none Velocity: fast Sound: none Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 12 23 51 40 UT Magnitude: -5 Zenithal magnitude: -5 Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: alpha=317deg, delta=+46deg End sighting: alpha=283deg, delta=+08deg Duration: - Color: bl-gr-ye Trail: 2 flares, 1 terminal Persistent train: 25s, distortion Fragmentation: none Velocity: fast Sound: none Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 13 00 07 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: ye Trail: flare Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 13 01 13 05 UT Magnitude: -5 Zenithal magnitude: -6 Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: alpha=067deg, delta=+61deg End sighting: alpha=075deg, delta=+61deg Duration: - Color: gr-ye Trail: flare Persistent train: 28s, no distortion Fragmentation: none Velocity: fast Sound: none Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 13 01 51 25 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: - Trail: flare Persistent train: 5s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 13 02 09 10 UT Magnitude: -6 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: bl Trail: terminal flare Persistent train: 4s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 13 02 46 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Morpeth (United Kingdom) ( 001deg 41'48'' W, 55deg 09'36'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: bl Trail: terminal flare Persistent train: 3s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: A. McBeath 1993 Aug 13 04 31 UT Magnitude: -6 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Provo, UT (USA) ( 111deg 40' W, 40deg 15' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: 3.5 seconds Color: or Trail: yes Persistent train: - Fragmentation: none Velocity: medium Sound: none Observer: K. Sohlberg, Y. Chen 1993 Sep 05 22 45 UT Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: -5 Location: Goettingen (Germany) ( 009deg 50' E, 51deg 32' N) First sighting: alpha=298deg, delta=+01deg End sighting: alpha=289deg, delta=-17deg Duration: - Color: wh Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: S. Bluhm 1993 Sep 06 07 27 UT Magnitude: -13 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Wolmirstedt (Germany) ( 011deg 38' E, 52deg 16' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: 2 seconds Color: - Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: U. Sperberg ERRATUM ======= FIDAC e-mail report 19/93 1993 Jun 09 05 00 UT Zenithal magnitude -18 Location: Birtle (Canada) First sighting: alpha=331deg, delta=+26deg End sighting: alpha=314deg, delta=00deg ---------------------------------------------------------------------- International Meteor Organization * Fireball Data Center c/o Andre Knoefel, Saarbruecker Str. 8, D - 40476 Duesseldorf, Germany phone (+49) 211:450-719 (auto-answer) e-mail: starex@tron.gun.de (Internet) 100114,3235 (CompuServe) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FIREBALL REPORTS ARE WELCOME !