American Meteor Society

Reports Report 1695d (Event 1695-2012)

Observer
Name Alan V
Experience Level 3/5
Remarks -
Location
Address Cameron park, CA
Latitude 38° 40' 7.65'' N (38.668793°)
Longitude 120° 59' 13.79'' W (-120.987164°)
Elevation -
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time 2012-10-31 06:22 PDT
UT Date & Time 2012-10-31 13:22 UT
Duration ≈1.5s
Direction
Moving direction From up right to down left
Descent Angle 225°
Moving
Facing azimuth 191.94454°
First azimuth -1°
First elevation 45°
Last azimuth -1°
Last elevation 20°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude -13
Color Green
Concurrent Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Delayed Sound
Observation No
Remarks -
Persistent train
Observation Yes
Duration 1.5s
Length 17.5°
Remarks The website is not phone friendly so I couldn\'t input direction. The meteor was going west to east. I was headed south when me and my boss saw it. It was a bright green trail with a very bright green head. It just kept getting brighter and brighter and then flashed very bright green and disappeared behind some trees
Terminal flash
Observation Yes
Remarks Very bright flash then immediately disappeared behind trees
Fragmentation
Observation No
Remarks -