Reports Report 3952n (Event 3952-2019)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lois B |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | I was going to report that someone had lit off a fireworks in the area, so I watched for more, then I saw four more meteors in about ten minutes...so I knew it must be the Pleiades shower. I saw the fireball from our big bedroom window that faces north to Stewart Peak in WA state. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Thorp, WA |
| Latitude | 47° 4' 48.64'' N (47.080179°) |
| Longitude | 120° 41' 47.04'' W (-120.696399°) |
| Elevation | 516.921265m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2019-08-23 00:10 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2019-08-23 07:10 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 169° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 359.63° |
| First azimuth | 331.31° |
| First elevation | 44° |
| Last azimuth | 2° |
| Last elevation | 17° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -20 |
| Color | Green, Light Green |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | I literally thought it was a huge fireworks like a traveling sparkler. A downward moving fireball? in a parabolic path. |