INTERNATIONAL METEOR ORGANIZATION *** FIREBALL DATA CENTER FIDAC Fireball report no. 05/96 ================================= Fireballs -3 ... -5 mag --------------------------- Date Time Solar Longitude Latitude Magnitude Observer Long. [UT] [deg] [ deg '] [deg '] vis abs 1996 Apr 18 234015 29.265 001 41 W 55 09 N -3 -5 A. McBeath 1996 Apr 21 003630 31.255 046 33 W 23 06 S -4 -7 E. Soares 1996 Apr 22 025855 32.327 001 41 W 55 09 N -4 -5 A. McBeath 1996 Apr 27 003028 37.096 012 07 E 55 32 N -4 -5 G.M. Kristensen 1996 May 11 0430 50.826 122 25 W 37 45 N -5 D. North 1996 May 11 0440 50.833 122 25 W 37 45 N -5 D. North 1996 May 24 0658 63.447 077 12 W 38 48 N -3 D.R. Faxon Fireballs -6 and brighter --------------------------- 1996 Mar 26 23 13 UT Solar longitude J2000: 6.633deg Magnitude: -6 Zenithal magnitude: -7 Location: Thisted (Denmark) ( 008deg 34'43'' E, 57deg 00'46'' N) First sighting: alpha=142deg, delta=+60deg End sighting: alpha=076deg, delta=+46deg Duration: 4 seconds Color: wh Trail: - Persistent train: yes Fragmentation: none Velocity: slow Sound: none Observer: C. Ranneries 1996 Apr 21 11 30 UT Solar longitude J2000: 31.698deg Magnitude: -7 Zenithal magnitude: -8 Location: Anchorage, AS (USA) ( 150deg 00' W, 61deg 10' N) First sighting: alpha=178deg, delta=+15deg End sighting: alpha=160deg, delta=+69deg Duration: - Color: ye/wh Trail: - Persistent train: 2s Fragmentation: sparks, rd Velocity: very fast Sound: none Observer: R. Keil 1996 May 11 10 10 UT Solar longitude J2000: 51.054deg Magnitude: -7 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: near Santa Cruz, CA (USA) ( 122deg 25' W, 37deg 45' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: - Color: wh Trail: - Persistent train: 2s Fragmentation: none Velocity: fast Sound: none Observer: D. North 1996 May 12 07 45 UT Solar longitude J2000: 51.923deg Magnitude: -6 Zenithal magnitude: - Location: Anza-Borrego Desert, CA (USA) ( 116deg 05' W, 32deg 55' N) First sighting: - End sighting: - Duration: 6 seconds Color: gr/rd Trail: - Persistent train: 3s Fragmentation: none Velocity: medium Sound: - Observer: D. Williams et al. 1996 May 13 05 40 UT Solar longitude J2000: 52.804deg Magnitude: -8 Zenithal magnitude: -11 Location: Mauna Kea, HI (USA) ( 155deg 28' W, 19deg 50' N) First sighting: alpha=096deg, delta=+89deg End sighting: alpha=224deg, delta=-25deg Duration: 6 seconds Color: wh, ye, or, rd Trail: - Persistent train: - Fragmentation: none Velocity: very fast Sound: none Observer: H. Grossman et al. 1996 May 22 09 26 20 UT Solar longitude J2000: 61.624deg Magnitude: -11 Zenithal magnitude: -12 Location: Descanso, CA (USA) ( 116deg 38'13'' W, 32deg 50'00'' N) First sighting: alpha=315deg, delta=+35deg End sighting: alpha=350deg, delta=+65deg Duration: 1.5 seconds Color: bl-wh Trail: none Persistent train: 40s Fragmentation: none Velocity: 27deg/sec Sound: none Observer: R. Lunsford ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ! http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~smo/imo/fireball/fireball.html