North American Meteor Network

Fireball Reporting Form

(NOTE: Also check out our online beginner and advanced fireball forms)

DATE:_____(year),_______(month),_____/_____(day); TIME:_____H_____m_____s U.T.

TOWN and STATE:________________________________________; ELEV. ________ft.

LONGITUDE: __________________west; LATITUDE: __________________North

APPARENT PATH:

BEGIN: RA = _______ DEC = _______ or AZIMUTH = _______ ELEVATION = _______

END: RA = _______ DEC = _______ or AZIMUTH = _______ ELEVATION = ________
North=360, East=90

FIREBALL DATA:

APPARENT MAGNITUDE:_______m; DURATION:_______sec.; COLOR:__________

FRAGMENTATION:_____________________________________________________

PERSISTENT TRAIN: ____________________________________________________

VELOCITY SCALE NUMBER: _______
(Note that: 0=Stationary, 1=Very Slow, 2=Slow, 3=Medium, 4=Fast, 5=Very Fast)

SOUNDS: _____________________________________________________________

SOUND TIME LAPSE: ___________________________________________________

OBSERVER AND ADDRESS: _____________________________________________

WAS FIREBALL SIGHTED DURING A METEOR OBSERVING WATCH?
NO _____
YES _____

IF YES,
THE OBSERVING PERIOD BEGAN AT: _______UT and ENDED AT:_______UT

THE FIREBALL WAS A MEMBER OF WHAT SHOWER? __________.

Please put any additional remarks, sketches, drawings, etc. below or on back.

Send completed reports to:

Mark Davis, 101 Margate Circle, Goose Creek, SC, 29445, USA