It occured in the direction that we were looking at while waiting for a rocket to appear from Vandenburg Airforce Base. That's probably the only reason that we saw it occur. So we were looking towards Malibu from the Beach in Hermosa Beach. Other people around us saw it and wondered if they had missed the rocket, but the rocket never did take off and this meteor occurance was about 5 minutes prior to the anticipated rocket launch.
Location
Address
Hermosa Beach, CA
Latitude
33° 51' 17.52'' N (33.854867°)
Longitude
118° 24' 2.8'' W (-118.400777°)
Elevation
1.765616m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2018-12-19 17:37 PST
UT Date & Time
2018-12-20 01:37 UT
Duration
≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From down left to up right
Descent Angle
24°
Moving
Facing azimuth
-
First azimuth
313.48°
First elevation
63°
Last azimuth
314.53°
Last elevation
21°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-20
Color
Yellow, but the sun had just set and was still illuminating part of the horizon
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
99.99s
Length
10°
Remarks
Glowing train that looked like it moved in the wind like some contrails do. It stayed illuminated for at least 10 minutes
