Reports Report 3371b (Event 3371-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Brittany K |
| Experience Level | 2/5 |
| Remarks | This fireball was going on for a long time...streaking across the sky at what seemed a slow speed compared to many others I've seen in the past. I was driving from Taft at the time and was watching it while I was driving. It was still visible until I reached my destination about 4 minutes later but that was the point in which it almost fizzled out. It was as if it were breaking through a force field, with vapor trails on either side of it, before it broke up and vanished. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Villa Park, CA |
| Latitude | 33° 49' 3.91'' N (33.817753°) |
| Longitude | 117° 49' 32'' W (-117.825556°) |
| Elevation | 87.184m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-09-23 23:05 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-09-24 06:05 UT |
| Duration | >60s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 243° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 266.92° |
| First azimuth | 283.66° |
| First elevation | 55° |
| Last azimuth | 258.52° |
| Last elevation | 38° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
| Color | Orange, Yellow, Red |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 8s |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | short, blunt, bright at first. As it kept burning in the sky, it lost its trail and stayed as a burning ball in the sky, almost like an ember. It then looked as if it was displacing vapor as it lead in the front before it went completely out. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It had a vapor trail on either side of it with the meteor spearheading the front before it vanished...almost fizzling out. |