It was the brightest meteor I think I have ever seen. The color change from bright white through to green, the breaking up toward the end and apparent slowness of this event left me withn a feeling that I had witnessed a truley remarkable event. The train was wider and slower moving than any other meteor that I can recall in my 50 + years. Simply put it was gorgeous and memorable.
Location
Address
Walnut Creek, CA
Latitude
37° 54' 48.63'' N (37.913509°)
Longitude
122° 4' 58.92'' W (-122.083034°)
Elevation
-
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2012-09-16 22:33 PDT
UT Date & Time
2012-09-17 05:33 UT
Duration
≈7.5s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
135°
Moving
Facing azimuth
194.03625°
First azimuth
165.47583°
First elevation
60°
Last azimuth
268.80657°
Last elevation
45°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-9
Color
I saw bright white at fir
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
The surrounds were a little noisy in my location so I did not notice any noise coming from the meteor.
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
5.5s
Length
35°
Remarks
No smoke was observed, only color and meteor breaking apart toward the end. Colors were bright white at first then shifted to yellow, briefly redish-orange then mostly green for ther longer time befre it dissapeared.
Terminal flash
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
As the trail or train changed to green about half way through the event, thats when i noticed several fragmnets as it was breaking up all lined up behind the leading point. The trail was well into the green as the meteor brtoke up.
