Observer | |
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Name | Eric G |
Experience Level | 2/5 |
Remarks | - |
Location | |
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Address | San Francisco, CA |
Latitude | 37° 45' 23.08'' N (37.75641°) |
Longitude | 122° 30' 15.51'' W (-122.504307°) |
Elevation | - |
Time and Duration | |
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Local Date & Time | 2012-10-17 19:45 PDT |
UT Date & Time | 2012-10-18 02:45 UT |
Duration | ≈1.5s |
Direction | |
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Moving direction | From down to up |
Descent Angle | - |
Moving | |
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Facing azimuth | 35.26554° |
First azimuth | 319.31791° |
First elevation | 90° |
Last azimuth | 358.80155° |
Last elevation | 70° |
Brightness and color | |
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Stellar Magnitude | -13 |
Color | red, yellow, blue |
Concurrent Sound | |
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Observation | No |
Remarks | - |
Delayed Sound | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | About 10 seconds after it disappeared from view, I heard a loud boom in the distance. |
Persistent train | |
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Observation | Yes |
Duration | 1.5s |
Length | 25° |
Remarks | Very bright, like fireworks. Long yellow train, meteor was breaking up into multiple pieces, was so clear that it looked like it was only a few hundred feet up (which I know is not the case), it broke up at 90 degrees. I lost site when it went behind a building. |
Terminal flash | |
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Observation | Unknown |
Remarks | I saw it break into several pieces of various sizes, brightness, and color. |
Fragmentation | |
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Observation | Yes |
Remarks | - |