American Meteor Society

Reports Report 1336b (Event 1336-2012)

Observer
Name Leslie S
Experience Level 1/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Mill Valley, CA
Latitude 37° 54' 38.67'' N (37.910741°)
Longitude 122° 31' 33.09'' W (-122.525858°)
Elevation -
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2012-09-16 22:15 PDT
UT Date & Time 2012-09-17 05:15 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 135°
Moving
Facing azimuth 212.00284°
First azimuth 214.4231°
First elevation 75°
Last azimuth 200.5347°
Last elevation 72°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude 1
Color bright light yellow
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 5s
Length 20°
Remarks Started off as a light white streak. Then it got really bright yellow then bright white. And it almost looked like it exploded like fireworks do with sparks.
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks As I described above it exploded like fireworks do with sparks which you call fragmentation.
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks -