Reports Report 1040o (Event 1040-2019)

Observer
Name Steve T
Experience Level 2/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Hawthorne, CA
Latitude 33° 53' 49.53'' N (33.897093°)
Longitude 118° 22' 36.38'' W (-118.376772°)
Elevation 22.781862m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2019-03-04 22:20 PST
UT Date & Time 2019-03-05 06:20 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 95°
Moving
Facing azimuth 270°
First azimuth 245.58°
First elevation 36°
Last azimuth 302.46°
Last elevation 30°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -7
Color White. During last third of appearance object began to break up or to break off a couple smaller pieces, these quickly turned red and then disappeared. Entire object stopped emitting light immediately after this.
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation No
Duration -
Length -
Remarks -
Terminal flash
Observation No
Remarks -
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks During the last ~quarter of the observed object travel one piece (~10% of object) broke off and was immediately followed by one or two much smaller pieces. These turned quickly from white to red then disappeared. The object itself disappeared (from vision...not obscured...) very shortly thereafter