Reports Report 5335a (Event 5335-2016)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Claude G |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | In location, I was looking at the Orion Belt. The object began its trajectory North of Beltegeuse and and about where Tucana is located, before Cassiopeia going North. Seconds or a minute later, I observed a shooting star of regular brightness and long duration but nowhere near abnormal ( |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Mill Valley, CA |
| Latitude | 37° 52' 45.85'' N (37.879404°) |
| Longitude | 122° 32' 42.63'' W (-122.545175°) |
| Elevation | 31.418m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2016-12-25 19:31 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2016-12-26 03:31 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down right to up left |
| Descent Angle | 281° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 36.36° |
| First azimuth | 86.66° |
| First elevation | 55° |
| Last azimuth | 10.67° |
| Last elevation | 65° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -12 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | Brightness and size increased significantly (double?) when last seen on the left eye field before disappearing. At that time or shortly before, the tail or part of it was still visible. I do not know whether that best describes an explosion, but I have never seen anything like it. The hundreds or thousand of shooting stars I have seen did not behave this way, and extinction (or end) was a simple disappearance, and not an increase in size. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |