Reports Report 1019o (Event 1019-2020)

Observer
Name Ozana M
Experience Level 3/5
Remarks It was amazingly stunning!!!
Location
Address West Sacramento, CA
Latitude 38° 32' 26.66'' N (38.540738°)
Longitude 121° 32' 50.78'' W (-121.54744°)
Elevation 6.524348m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2020-02-27 05:10 PST
UT Date & Time 2020-02-27 13:10 UT
Duration ≈3.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up left to down right
Descent Angle 163°
Moving
Facing azimuth 301.97°
First azimuth 286.21°
First elevation 67°
Last azimuth 310.08°
Last elevation 16°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -13
Color Green
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 2s
Length 10°
Remarks I never saw anything like this in my life. The trail was glowing and bright fluorescent green and then it exploded at the end bursting in pieces like a firework.
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks the shooting star was the shape of a tear, not completely round. it became brighter as it was coming close to the horizon and then it exploded. the explosion lasted less than a second with particles bursting around and then it shut down.
Fragmentation
Observation Yes
Remarks the particles lit very brightly at the explosion. they did not fly far from the head, but I saw particles around the head at the explosion. they were very bright fluorescent green.