Reports Report 5129b (Event 5129-2017)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Dan N |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I was lying down on the ground watching the geminid meteor shower (the first meteor shower I've seen, though I've seen meteors before). I rotated on the ground at various angles every few minutes or so, so I kind of lost track of exactly the direction I was looking at the time I saw the meteor/fireball, but I think it was roughly in the southeasterly direction. I had been out for about an hour and had seen about 15 meteors prior to the fireball. Not sure about the magnitude, but definitely much bigger and brighter than Venus; not as big as the moon (maybe a third of that size), but because the light was so concentrated, I'm guessing it was brighter than the moon (at least per unit area), but I'm less confident about that. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Davis, CA |
| Latitude | 38° 34' 16.96'' N (38.571379°) |
| Longitude | 121° 42' 48.1'' W (-121.713361°) |
| Elevation | 10.637m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2017-12-13 23:59 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2017-12-14 07:59 UT |
| Duration | ≈3.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 107° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 219.7° |
| First azimuth | 173.05° |
| First elevation | 33° |
| Last azimuth | 242.39° |
| Last elevation | 15° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |