Reports Report 1454a (Event 1454-2018)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Eva S |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | My husband was driving northward highway 101, it was near king city (heading toward Santa Cruz California, coming from San Luis Obispo). He didn’t see it, I am smaller than him and it was high on the sky. I was really stunned, it looked big, it was white and left a white trace that quickly dissapeared. I wish I had taken more detailed observations to help this questionnaire, I tried to answer to my best memory and it happened about an hour ago. I’ve seen comets, total solar eclipses and meteor showers (Leónids 1998 was amazing I saw from Costa Rica, they were big, frequent and left colorful traces). But today was very special as I never seen an isolated shooting star as this one, I think it can be classified as a fireball. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | King City, CA |
| Latitude | 36° 6' 24.8'' N (36.106888°) |
| Longitude | 121° 1' 21.7'' W (-121.022695°) |
| Elevation | 103.409m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2018-04-15 21:30 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2018-04-16 04:30 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 252° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | - |
| First azimuth | - |
| First elevation | 75° |
| Last azimuth | 304.39° |
| Last elevation | 37° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -7 |
| Color | White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It looked bigger then dissapeared |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | As it was falling it was leaving a white trace, at some point didn’t and then reappeared like bigger, looked like it teared a bit in pieces |