Reports Report 2004a (Event 2004-2018)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Bob C |
| Experience Level | 4/5 |
| Remarks | This was about the largest and brightest meteor I've observed in many years, if not my brightest ever! If this one burned out near the edge of the atmosphere I'd guess it could have actually been over Mexico. If smaller and closer to me, the Salton Sea could be where any remnants landed, but as stated, altitude is almost impossible to know unless other sightings can be used to triangulate it. Note that I am partially color blind to red and green, so it just appeared as a bright white to me. If color is that important, I can ask my buddy, who finally turned around to watch the last half of its travel, for his opinion on color. Since it just popped out from behind a tall tree, I have no idea how much of the meteor's travel I may have missed. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Banning, CA |
| Latitude | 33° 55' 49.04'' N (33.930289°) |
| Longitude | 116° 52' 10.25'' W (-116.869515°) |
| Elevation | 722.445m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2018-06-09 02:10 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2018-06-09 09:10 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 266° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 161.74° |
| First azimuth | 177.06° |
| First elevation | 32° |
| Last azimuth | 136.4° |
| Last elevation | 27° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -8 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | The meteor (or space debris or whatever) appeared out from behind a tree heading from west to east, below and towards Mars, which I was observing shortly before. It was very bright, about two or three times the size and brightness of Venus, and about 3-4 seconds later it just burned out and a few small streaks of light continued in the same direction for a fraction of a second. It was too dark to notice any smoke trail. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | As noted above, it appeared to just burn out, with a few faint streaks of light continuing on for a fraction of a second before totally disappearing. I don't remember much of a flash at the end, but it could have brightened a bit. |