Reports Report 1019j (Event 1019-2020)
| Observer | |
|---|---|
| Name | Kaitlin T |
| Experience Level | 1/5 |
| Remarks | I could only see one other star in the sky after it happened (so perhaps it was really a planet) but the fireball must have been very bright to look like the brightest shooting star I've ever seen to see it when no other stars were visible. |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Address | Mountain View, CA |
| Latitude | 37° 22' 12.38'' N (37.370106°) |
| Longitude | 122° 5' 16.46'' W (-122.087906°) |
| Elevation | 46.408798m |
| Time and Duration | |
|---|---|
| Local Date & Time | 2020-02-27 05:14 PST |
| UT Date & Time | 2020-02-27 13:14 UT |
| Duration | ≈1.5s |
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Moving direction | From up left to down right |
| Descent Angle | 149° |
| Moving | |
|---|---|
| Facing azimuth | 90.83° |
| First azimuth | 90° |
| First elevation | 30° |
| Last azimuth | 90° |
| Last elevation | 60° |
| Brightness and color | |
|---|---|
| Stellar Magnitude | -11 |
| Color | Orange, White |
| Concurrent Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Delayed Sound | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Remarks | - |
| Persistent train | |
|---|---|
| Observation | No |
| Duration | - |
| Length | - |
| Remarks | - |
| Terminal flash | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Yes |
| Remarks | It started as a thin white streak I thought was a simple shooting star, but halfway through its path, it got much brighter and accelerated and then flashed even brighter at its terminus with orange at the center of the flash. |
| Fragmentation | |
|---|---|
| Observation | Unknown |
| Remarks | - |