Observer | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Local Date & Time | 2017-09-23 22:50 PDT |
UT Date & Time | 2017-09-24 05:50 UT |
Duration | ≈7.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From down right to up left |
Descent Angle | 279° |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 185.08° |
First azimuth | 186.06° |
First elevation | 37° |
Last azimuth | 193.37° |
Last elevation | 35° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
Color | bright hazy white |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | Yes |
Duration | 10s |
Length | 8° |
Remarks | glowing hazy bright train, wide fanned out like a wake on the water |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |