Reports Report 3371z (Event 3371-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Phil R |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | At first I thought it was a comet because the trail was so wide, but then it just disappeared. I cannot compare it to Comet, meteor, fireball or missile/rocket trail. Do not really know what it was. But it was gone quickly, not like a comet |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Long Beach, CA |
| Latitude | 33° 45' 52.94'' N (33.764705°) |
| Longitude | 118° 12' 9'' W (-118.2025°) |
| Elevation | 4.674m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-09-23 22:50 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-09-24 05:50 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down right to up left |
| Descent Angle | 279° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 185.08° |
| First azimuth | 186.06° |
| First elevation | 37° |
| Last azimuth | 193.37° |
| Last elevation | 35° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | bright hazy white |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 10s |
| Length | 8° |
| Remarks | glowing hazy bright train, wide fanned out like a wake on the water |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |