I see shooting stars regularly since I like to bike around sunset and coming back under the stars. This one was remarkable... Most awesome thing I saw in the last few years was first stage of Chinese rocket re entering go across the entire sky when I was up in Los Gatos mountains 2 or 3 years ago. What I saw way better than videos in the news.
Location
Address
Los Altos, CA
Latitude
37° 24' 1.28'' N (37.400356°)
Longitude
122° 7' 5.26'' W (-122.118129°)
Elevation
25.258m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2018-06-18 20:45 PDT
UT Date & Time
2018-06-19 03:45 UT
Duration
<1s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
128°
Moving
Facing azimuth
243.47°
First azimuth
242.21°
First elevation
23°
Last azimuth
239.87°
Last elevation
17°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-7
Color
Light Green
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
0.1s
Length
10°
Remarks
It was greenish and breaking up so I saw pieces spread out over a short space.. not long. Not a glowing trail. It wasn't dark. Sunset was going on. I took a sunset picture at 8:48 in the direction of the sunset and the meteor was within 5 minutes of that and caught my eye. I was looking 30 or so degrees to the right where the sun sets.
Terminal flash
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Fragmentation
Observation
Yes
Remarks
trail a few degrees.. Not spread out. Got brighter, greenish, then all done. Sky was still lit some by sunset. Much bigger and brighter than most shooting stars.
