I feel that the timing of this presumable North Taurid ? fireball going from north to south that occurred just before the Camp Fire in Northern California is very peculiar. I didn't even think to report the fireball officially until today. I talked about it to everyone I saw on Thursday. I just put it together the timing of the fireball, AND of the Camp Fire. There might be a connection?
Location
Address
Cave Junction, OR
Latitude
42° 10' 9.7'' N (42.169362°)
Longitude
123° 39' 8.19'' W (-123.652275°)
Elevation
406.026m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2018-11-08 05:42 PST
UT Date & Time
2018-11-08 13:42 UT
Duration
≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
94°
Moving
Facing azimuth
89.55°
First azimuth
-
First elevation
29°
Last azimuth
98.83°
Last elevation
25°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-16
Color
-
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
1s
Length
10°
Remarks
after the bright flash there was on orange streak about 10 arc degrees long that was illuminated for about a second
Terminal flash
Observation
Yes
Remarks
. after the bright flash, the leading edge (the illumination) also traveled about ten arc degrees before becoming too dim to follow, and lost about two degrees of elevation.
