Reports Report 20q (Event 20-2015)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sophia D |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | This was the largest, most colorful, longest and closest meteor I have ever seen. As it darted to the horizon from east to west, I was awaiting to hear it hit the earths surface and feel a quake ...but no sound, no quake. I really thought it was going to make impact. I can't imagine it burned out completely without a trace. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Sausalito , CA |
| Latitude | 37° 51' 45.21'' N (37.862557°) |
| Longitude | 122° 29' 40'' W (-122.494445°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2015-01-03 19:15 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2015-01-04 03:15 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From right to left |
| Descent Angle | 270° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | - |
| First azimuth | 90° |
| First elevation | 50° |
| Last azimuth | 270° |
| Last elevation | 10° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
| Color | White with a bright burning trail of green, blue, orange, yellow and red. It was huge like something out of a Scifi movie. It was really burning up as it was entering earths atmosphere. |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | Not so sure about the train, as I was looking at the ball of colors listed above, |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |