American Meteor Society

Reports Report 4094z (Event 4094-2018)

Observer
Name Ellen B
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks it was beautiful
Location
Address Lancaster, CA
Latitude 34° 39' 51.12'' N (34.664199°)
Longitude 118° 11' 14.59'' W (-118.187387°)
Elevation 740.522m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2018-10-11 02:08 PDT
UT Date & Time 2018-10-11 09:08 UT
Duration ≈45s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 94°
Moving
Facing azimuth 169.56°
First azimuth 121.22°
First elevation 54°
Last azimuth 258.47°
Last elevation 48°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -18
Color Yellow, White
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 5s
Length -
Remarks it looked like a family of shooting starts some bigger than others and some smaller but maybe about 6 or 8 of them all together. they all had glowing trails that looked like a light up glitter dust trail.
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks I don"t really know how to describe it but it looked like a hugh shooting star that caught on fire and exploded into a couple of pieces but the fire looked like pretty sparkling glowing star dust