Home

FIREBALL REPORTING FORM

 

 

Visual observations can be very useful to study fireballs, mainly if they are brighter than the Moon or if they are observed during daylight. If you want to send us a report about a fireball you have observed you can use the form below or you can send us an email. You can also use the fireball reporting form available from the website of the la Spanish Meteor Network.

It is not a must to fill-in every field in the reporting form. However, take into account that you must specify your email below in order to send the form. Besides, the more precise is the information you report, the more useful it will be.

.

OBSERVING LOCATION AND TIME

Date

  

Time

  (indicate if this is local time or universal time)

Observing place

 

GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES OF THE OBSERVING LOCATION

Longitude:

(specify East or West longitude)

Latitude:

(specify North or South latitude)

 

FIREBALL'S TRAJECTORY

Coordinates of initial point

Coordinates of final point

To specify these coordinates, please use any of the following options:

1. Specify altitude over the horizon (from 0º to 90º) and the corresponding cardinal point or azimuth
    (North: 0°, East: 90°, South: 180º, West: 270º).

2. Indicate right ascension and declination for initial and final points

3. Specify the position of the initial and final point relative to a reference object in the sky (Sun, Moon, stars, etc.).

 

FIREBALL'S CHARACTERISTICS

Brightness

(for instance, compare to the brightness of the Moon, Sun, a planet, etc.)

Duration (seconds)

Color

 

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

 

Add here any additional information that might be useful. For instance, indicate if the fireball was fragmented or exploded, if it produced a persistent trail, if you could hear any sound and, if son, which is the approximate time between the fireball's occurrence and that sound.

 

 

OBSERVER'S CONTACT INFORMATION

 

Please, do not forget to enter your email address. On the contrary, your data will not be sent. The rest of the contact information is optional.

Name

Address

Email (required!)

Phone(s)

Fax

 

 

 

 

|   University of Huelva   |
  Web design and programming: J.M. Madiedo