INTERNATIONAL METEOR ORGANIZATION *** FIREBALL DATA CENTER FIDAC e-mail report no. 02/94 =============================== 1993 Aug 12 01 20 UT Solar longitude J2000: 139.459deg Magnitude: -4 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Presque Isle, ME (USA) ( 068deg 00'18'' W, 46deg 39'52'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: or Trail: - Persistent train: 21s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: R. Taibi 1993 Aug 12 02 19 UT Solar longitude J2000: 139.499deg Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Presque Isle, ME (USA) ( 068deg 00'18'' W, 46deg 39'52'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: - Trail: - Persistent train: yes Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: R. Taibi 1993 Aug 12 03 14 UT Solar longitude J2000: 139.535deg Magnitude: -5 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Presque Island, ME (USA) ( 068deg 00'18'' W, 46deg 39'52'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: bl Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: R. Taibi 1993 Aug 12 03 29 UT Solar longitude J2000: 139.545deg Magnitude: -4 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Presque Isle, ME (USA) ( 068deg 00'18'' W, 46deg 39'52'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: bl Trail: - Persistent train: yes Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: R. Taibi 1993 Aug 12 03 48 UT Solar longitude J2000: 139.558deg Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Presque Isle, ME (USA) ( 068deg 00'18'' W, 46deg 39'52'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: - Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: R. Taibi 1993 Aug 12 03 57 UT Solar longitude J2000: 139.564deg Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Presque Isle, ME (USA) ( 068deg 00'18'' W, 46deg 39'52'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: - Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: R. Taibi 1993 Aug 12 04 16 UT Solar longitude J2000: 139.577deg Magnitude: -5 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Presque Isle, ME (USA) ( 068deg 00'18'' W, 46deg 39'52'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: bl Trail: - Persistent train: 15s Fragmentation: 2 explosions Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: R. Taibi 1993 Aug 12 04 53 UT Solar longitude J2000: 139.601deg Magnitude: -4 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Presque Isle, ME (USA) ( 068deg 00'18'' W, 46deg 39'52'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: - Trail: - Persistent train: 1s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: R. Taibi 1993 Aug 12 05 23 UT Solar longitude J2000: 139.621deg Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Presque Isle, ME (USA) ( 068deg 00'18'' W, 46deg 39'52'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: - Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: R. Taibi 1993 Aug 12 05 29 UT Solar longitude J2000: 139.625deg Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Presque Isle, ME (USA) ( 068deg 00'18'' W, 46deg 39'52'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: - Trail: - Persistent train: yes Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: R. Taibi 1993 Aug 12 05 43 UT Solar longitude J2000: 139.635deg Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Presque Isle, ME (USA) ( 068deg 00'18'' W, 46deg 39'52'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: - Trail: - Persistent train: 5s, 0mag Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: R. Taibi 1993 Aug 13 04 13 UT Solar longitude J2000: 140.535deg Magnitude: -4 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Easton Center, ME (USA) ( 067deg 51'30'' W, 46deg 38'37'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: - Trail: - Persistent train: 2s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: R. Taibi 1993 Aug 13 04 51 UT Solar longitude J2000: 140.560deg Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Easton Center, ME (USA) ( 067deg 51'30'' W, 46deg 38'37'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: - Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: R. Taibi 1993 Aug 13 05 05 UT Solar longitude J2000: 140.569deg Magnitude: -4 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Easton Center, ME (USA) ( 067deg 51'30'' W, 46deg 38'37'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: bl Trail: - Persistent train: 3s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: R. Taibi 1993 Aug 13 05 27 UT Solar longitude J2000: 140.584deg Magnitude: -4 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Easton Center, ME (USA) ( 067deg 51'30'' W, 46deg 38'37'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: - Trail: - Persistent train: 3s Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: R. Taibi 1993 Oct 31 03 39 UT Solar longitude J2000: 217.830deg Magnitude: -15 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Preeceville (Canada) ( 102deg 51' W, 52deg 01' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: bl- seconds Color: wh-rd Trail: funnelling Persistent train: - Fragmentation: sparks Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: B. Holte, M. Holte 1993 Oct 31 03 39 UT Solar longitude J2000: 217.830deg Magnitude: -15 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Saskatoon (Canada) ( 106deg 38' W, 52deg 03' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: ye Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: static sizzle after ? seconds Observer: D. MacKinnon 1994 Jan 07 03 56 UT Solar longitude J2000: 286.718deg Magnitude: -5 Zenithal magnitude: -6 Location: Descanso, CA (USA) ( 116deg 38'13'' W, 32deg 50'00'' N) First sighting: alpha=080deg, delta=+59deg End sighting: alpha=153deg, delta=+58deg Duration: 2 seconds Color: ye Trail: - Persistent train: none Fragmentation: numerous pieces, 3mag Velocity: medium Sound: none Observer: G.J. Zay 1994 Jan 07 04 16 UT Solar longitude J2000: 286.733deg Magnitude: -5 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Descanso, CA (USA) ( 116deg 38'13'' W, 32deg 50'00'' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: 0.5 seconds Color: bl Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: terminal burst Velocity: very fast Sound: none Observer: G.J. Zay 1994 Jan 17 09 41 UT Solar longitude J2000: 297.151deg Magnitude: -3 Zenithal magnitude: -3 Location: Descanso, CA (USA) ( 116deg 38'13'' W, 32deg 50'00'' N) First sighting: alpha=168deg, delta=+16deg End sighting: alpha=164deg, delta=+17deg Duration: 0.3 seconds Color: gr Trail: - Persistent train: 1s Fragmentation: none Velocity: very fast Sound: none Observer: G.J. Zay 1994 Jan 17 19 11 30 UT Solar longitude J2000: 297.554deg Magnitude: -5 Zenithal magnitude: -10 Location: Potsdam (Germany) ( 013deg 02' E, 52deg 24' N) First sighting: alpha=218deg, delta=+41deg End sighting: alpha=331deg, delta=+04deg Duration: - Color: wh Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: R. Arlt 1994 Jan 19 06 30 UT Solar longitude J2000: 299.052deg Magnitude: -12 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Chico, CA (USA) ( 121deg 50' W, 39deg 46' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: 4 seconds Color: gr-wh Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: seveal pieces, or Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: A. Watts et al. 1993 Jan 22 05 50 UT Solar longitude J2000: 302.338deg Magnitude: -10 Zenithal magnitude: -11 Location: Columbus, OH (USA) ( 083deg 03' W, 39deg 59' N) First sighting: alpha=103deg, delta=+52deg End sighting: alpha=022deg, delta=+47deg Duration: - Color: ye-gr Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: - Velocity: - Sound: - Observer: R.F. Clifford 1994 Feb 04 01 51 UT Solar longitude J2000: 315.115deg Magnitude: -8 Zenithal magnitude: -9 Location: Tallahassee, FL (USA) ( 084deg 19' W, 30deg 26' N) First sighting: alpha=111deg, delta=+64deg End sighting: alpha=205deg, delta=+63deg Duration: - Color: wh-gr Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: sparks, or Velocity: - Sound: none Observer: F. Guerinomi ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 !