Reports Report 132n (Event 132-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | zingifer |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | Very impressive and beautiful, hard to keep from slamming on the brakes to watch! It looked like it \"burned out\" just before landing, but based on the sighting distances I\'m guessing it was farther away than it looked and did not land. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Tigard, OR |
| Latitude | 45° 26' 23.58'' N (45.439884°) |
| Longitude | 122° 46' 10.48'' W (-122.769578°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-01-27 18:50 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-01-28 02:50 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up right to down left |
| Descent Angle | 225° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 126.8314° |
| First azimuth | 132.47607° |
| First elevation | 38° |
| Last azimuth | 96.59654° |
| Last elevation | 26° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -9 |
| Color | White/yellow |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | I was driving when I saw it, so I could not hear any associated sounds |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 5s |
| Length | -1° |
| Remarks | Long glowing train same color as the fireball but not as bright, following the arc across the sky. It made it seem very close. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | My impression was that it was breaking apart towards the end of the arc and becoming dimmer |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |