Reports Report 1601m (Event 1601-2012)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | jeanne h |
| Experience Level | 3/5 |
| Remarks | This was a really amazing thing to see. I wish I would have seen more of it, or more of them! When I see falling stars now, they will be nothing compared to this. A falling star looks like a piece of dust. This was something that looked like it was close enough and low enough to chase beside being very large! |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Oxnard, CA |
| Latitude | 34° 11' 10.87'' N (34.186352°) |
| Longitude | 119° 9' 35.27'' W (-119.159796°) |
| Elevation | - |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2012-10-23 06:40 PDT |
| UT Date & Time | 2012-10-23 13:40 UT |
| Duration | ≈7.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From down right to up left |
| Descent Angle | 305° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | -1° |
| First azimuth | 180.48285° |
| First elevation | 35° |
| Last azimuth | 180.15843° |
| Last elevation | 28° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | 1 |
| Color | blazing white |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | I want to say I heard a whooshing sound. Whatever it was, it got my attention to look. Because my car radio was on I can\'t say how loud it was, but it was attention getting, not startling |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Duration | 12.5s |
| Length | 30° |
| Remarks | A glowing train followed the fireball with particles breaking off and shooting in different directions as it traveled. Because I was driving, by the time I could pull over it was gone. |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | Lots of fragmentation was shooting out behind the fireball. By lots, it must have been 20 or more fragments I saw. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | - |